Chapter 61

• “How is she?” Kaelo asked.
• Jadon released a long breath and shrugged. It left like he was trying to lift the weight of the world off his shoulders. “As well as can be, I guess.” That, of course, was a lie. Jadon knew Tapiwa wasn’t anywhere near ‘well’. Not that he could blame her.
• It had been a week since her father’s very vocal stance on the idea of Tapiwa and Jadon being together. Jadon had to agree. At the time, he had been more than a little worried that Tapiwa would fold under the pressure. It wasn’t as though there had been anything firm in their foundation to make her choose him over her family. They barely knew each other.