Lara's P.O.V "I feel like if I told them I wanted to stay it would seem so selfish of me, you know?" "Even if it did, you need to do what is right for you, not for other people. They might understand what you went through, but they didn't feel the things you did." "What about Riley?" "What about him? I'll take care of him. I'll make sure he can visit whenever you want to see him, and I'll make him understand that you're not yet ready to come home." "But that's just it. I don't want him hanging around a place like this, this is not a place for a child." "I get what you're saying. All I want you to know is that I am behind whatever decision you choose to make." I threw my arms around him, and he wrapped his around my waist, bringing me in close. Tanner pulled me onto his lap and took

