C7 The Test

Ava didn’t answer Liam that day, not immediately. After their conversation at the lake, she drove back to the café in silence, Liam following in his own car. Neither of them spoke. Neither knew what to say anymore. The truth was finally out, and the secret she’d protected for five years no longer belonged to her alone. Somehow, that terrified Ava more than keeping it ever had. For so long