Chapter17:

Chapter 17 EVA'S POINT OF VIEW I was just sitting there on the floor, staring at my phone like it was gonna bite me or something. That stupid article kept flashing in my head.*Eva Brown: Homewrecker*. God, it felt like someone had branded those words onto my brain. Every single comment I'd read felt like a knife twisting in my gut, cutting deeper into all the cracks in my already busted up heart. How the hell did I end up here? I pressed my hands against my eyes, trying to make the pictures go away Max and Sara together, those awful headlines, all those nasty comments. But they wouldn't leave me alone. They kept following me around, even when I closed my eyes. I couldn't stay in this house anymore. If I did, I was gonna fall apart completely. I had to get out, even though I had no clue where to go. Anywhere had to be better than sitting here in this empty house that felt like it was squeezing the life out of me. I threw on some jeans and a sweater, grabbed my purse, and started tying m