Two Ways To Fall

She felt ... torn. Two conflicting forces, each a crucial part of her life, tearing her two different ways.

On one side, Jarod, her childhood friend and confidant, who held her when her mother died without her asking him.

And the other. Her family, and whatever tattered remains they are, what laughing shadow of the Happy Families she dreamed of as a child they may be. They’re still her family. A part of her life.

Jarod, who placed so much importance on family. Who bled and nearly died for his asked her to leave hers behind.

She felt ... torn.