Later, Koa Jackson couldn't make it to Mia Ginger's birthday party, and Caiden Ward sent pictures of the two dancing.
Then—
It was downright distressing; Koa Jackson couldn't bring himself to imagine.
Yet he felt powerless.
He had been absent for seventeen years, seventeen years without any contact with her.
For the ten years before that, it was always another man taking care of and accompanying her.
Even—
He thought again of the bite mark on Louis Cox's neck.
The mark would accompany him for a lifetime.
So wouldn't the ten years of friendship also remain in Mia Ginger's heart for a lifetime, etched into her bones?
When her feelings were naive, who was the person in her heart and eyes?
Koa Jackson felt he shouldn't think about it, but he couldn't help it; he thought messily, then remembered Mia Ginger mentioning something about a hundred dollars before; he had no recollection of any hundred dollars.
Especially frustrating was that the girl also forgot now.
