It went from his siblings... and now somehow he feels his mom was beginning to drift away too. Worst still was this feeling tugging at his heart, something he couldn't name yet different from the resentment that had always been there.
Well, what did you expect?
The thought snapped in before he could stop it.
If he had spent months acting like he was already halfway out of the, he shouldn't have found it surprising that everyone else eventually started treating him that way.
But standing there now, hearing Ava question why he even bothered coming back... which he didn't have a class answer to if he was honest.
Ryan pressed his lips together slightly, rubbing his hand over the back of his neck.
He could pretend it was because Jade asked him to come, yet, even at that something didn't sit quite well with him. Because regardless of the distance, this was still supposed to be his home.
Wasn't it?
