I am not sure how it went from a simple argument to an ultimatum, but it looks like I’ll have to choose between staying here with an overbearing mom - a control freak to boot - and the one I have grown to love like no other boy even managed to get my attention. I don’t tell Ryker of the ultimatum I am facing. And when he wakes up, after having breakfast, he leaves for work. As usual, he’s helping Killian at the repair shop in the neighboring town. Monday comes and another kind of hell takes over. I am no longer the laughing stock of the school. I am no longer their favorite person to bully and belittle. They look at me with pity. Hell, even Ava didn’t spare me a second glance in the hallways. I have fallen more times than I care to count today for my mind is just elsewhere. I hav