I took a step forward but stopped as Levi grabbed my arm. "Roxette, please…," he begged as I faced him. I didn't mean to look at him like he was a stranger. It simply did. And he saw it. Behind him were his friends who followed behind them half-running. They quickly stopped when they saw us standing here with each other. They took back a safe distance from us because of Sandro. The man swayed the baseball bat in the air and rested it behind him as though openly challenging, or at least letting everyone know they were up for a b****y fight if need be. But their eyes narrowed with recognition at August. "Levi," I breathed. "Let me go. You have to make decisions on your own now." I did what I believed was best to do. To remind him of what his future might be if he continued living like t