Nate cursed Aiden all the way as he drove to the small house that Ella had been sent to. He sighed as he wondered how he was supposed to say all that to her. Because if she really believed him and turned against Aiden, then he might really be the one to try and shake some sense into her.
Unexpectedly, he found her sitting under a tree in the yard right outside her house and paused. The light breeze played with strands of her hair as she stared at the sky, her arms wrapped loosely around her knees. She looked so small, so heartbreakingly quiet, it took him a second to remember that this girl had once been the sun in every room she entered. The outgoing one with always a smile on her face. He felt pained. There were times he'd find her cheeriness irritating but now, he realized he woud do anything to bring the old Ella back.
"Hey. Ella Hawk. Mind some company?"
