Chapter 16: Warming Ties

Stephanie understood what I meant and lowered her voice. "I'm just taking you home. Look at you. You're hurt." The moment she said it, my arm started to hurt. I turned and saw my sleeve soaked with dark-red blood. The gash on my arm was about three inches long. It looked deep enough that I would need stitches. "Then let's go to the hospital first," I said with a resigned sigh. "Mm." Stephanie nodded, looking a touch crestfallen. She pulled out her phone, opened a ride-hailing app, and before...