Chapter 14 — You Can’t Save Me

I ran away after school.

Needed space. Air. Something that wasn't him.

He found me hours later at the old playground.

"Why do you always follow me?"

"Because you always run when you're about to break."

I looked at him. "You can't save me."

He took a step closer.

"I'm not trying to save you," he said. "I'm trying to stay."