Chapter 45

"Unchanged?" he offered. "Yeah. That was Mom. She wouldn't let anyone come in here. She kept saying that you'd like to have everything where you left it when you came home." He jerked his chin towards the hole. "I was really pissed at Ethan for making you leave, at you for leaving. I came in here on afternoon a couple months after you were gone and I put my fist through the wall." I felt a knot of guilt tighten in my chest. "I wish I could tell you that I'm sorry, Tyler," I said softly. "I really do. I wish I could tell you that I'm sorry for leaving. I'm sorry for never letting you know I was okay but not for leaving. I can promise you it killed me to leave, it broke my heart to not see you. But I can't say I'm sorry I did it. I can't lie to you." "Why?" he asked. "I needed to leave," I answered. "Who I am, I couldn't become that person here. If I hadn't left I never would have meet Jason or Lily or Tristan." "Or Trina," he added sof