#Chapter 177: The Resignation Letter

“You left,” Dylan said through the phone later, when I sat at home crying and Logan was still in the hospital. “I’m sorry…” Dylan listened quietly for a moment. Then he said, “How much did you hear?” “Enough,” I sniffled. “What are you going to do?” he asked. “Nothing yet.” “’Yet’ implies you plan on doing something later,” Dylan said. “You don’t have to say it. I think I can guess. And if I’m right, let me just say that you both are alike in your monumentally bad ideas.” “I’m done backing Logan into a corner,” I said. “It’s his grandfather doing that.” “To protect me.” “Hazel –” “I won’t let him sacrifice everything for me,” I said. “It’s better for everyone if I walk away.” Dylan sighed. “You could just talk to him…” “That wouldn’t work. He deserves to be free of all of this…” Blinking, more tears fell from my eyes. “He deserves to hear the truth from you. Tell him, see what he has to say, and then the two of you figure out how to move forward, together o