Chapter 8

• That name "Amaris Kennerly" should have never faded from my memory. I’d never been the type to prey on the weak but with Amaris, I’d made an exception. Maybe I should’ve been wiser, more forgiving. Maybe even mature enough to let the past lie. But how could I possibly forgive the girl who helped my mother destroy my first love?
• If she hadn't been so greedy, if she’d just kept her mouth shut, maybe I would’ve become a different man. Someone softer. Someone who didn’t build walls thick enough to keep out every human emotion.
• Would things have worked out with Zinnia? I’ll never know and I had the innocent-looking Ami to thank for that. I still wonder how much my mother paid her to spy on me. Judging by her current financial situation, whatever betrayal she sold me for wasn’t worth much.