The actor saved a life in ninety seconds.

I know, now, which one I intend to be for the rest of mine.

Chapter 5 — It Didn’t

When Bruno arrived at the hospital the next afternoon, a naive part of me still hoped that the sight of his wife bruised and broken in a hospital bed might awaken some last thread of humanity in him.

It didn’t.

“My parents aren’t criminals, Jade,” he said, rubbing his temples as if I were giving him a headache.

“They just lost their tempers because you’re so stubborn.