Chapter 40

• Jayden
• "Do you need help?" I ask, holding my bag in one hand and grabbing Ambre's suitcase in the trunk of the taxi with the other. We had landed in San Francisco a little over an hour ago. Our parents had arranged for us to be picked up at the airport. The driver was waiting for us with a sign with our last names on it, and we followed him. Cameron seemed excited to be back, but I was a little less so. The reason was simple, and she was standing right next to me, watching as Henri came out of the house to join us.
• "It's so good to see you again!" he exclaims. He hugs his daughter first, whose blissful smile makes my chest tingle. I can barely resist the urge to touch her, to fix the strand of hair that's escaping from her ponytail, or just to wrap my arms around her and hold her.