Chapter13:

Chapter 13 MAX POINT OF VIEW  I shut the bedroom door and let out a big sigh. My eyes went straight to the whiskey bottle on the nightstand. Without thinking, I grabbed it and poured a big glass. I downed it in one go. It burned, but it didn't help the knot in my stomach. I poured another anyway. I sat on the bed, the room super quiet after all the yelling downstairs. I could still hear Eva's voice in my head. She sounded so hurt. It got to me more than I wanted to admit. I shut my eyes tight, holding onto the glass like it was keeping me from falling apart. Eva's words kept bouncing around in my head. "Doesn't that mean anything to you?" She'd looked so broken when she said it. For a second, her eyes were all shiny with tears she was trying not to cry. She was shaking, trying to keep it together. Something inside me... I don't know. It felt weird. But then I remembered why I was in this mess in the first place. I never wanted to marry her. I never wanted her at all. I squeezed the gla