#Chapter 148: Reckless

Ardal Just like that, our goodbye is cut. I slump against the couch, head in my hands. "I'm sorry," Jack says. I lift my head to shoot him a fiery glare. The first rays of sun are lighting the windows. Around us, the quintuplets are Energizer bunnies- getting cranky, maybe, but still going. I'm scraping by on their fumes and my emotional torment. Guilt is splashed across Jack's face. What am I actually seeing? I scrutinize him, hard. The emotion looks utterly real. For a second I am so disgusted, it renders me speechless. "You’re pathological," I spit out. He flinches at my words. I picture myself wolfing out and tearing him to bits. Well, it’s a split between that, and throwing myself into his arms to melt into him. Inexplicably, my confusing feelings for him will not die. It only makes me hate him- and myself- more. My hands ball into fists and I battle the urge to scream. Sasha pockets her phone. Next to Jack, Lottie and Milo fight over the box of cookies. "Sit tight for