She was obviously trying to distance herself from him and was enlisting his family’s help, using their obvious concern over him to get her own way. Both Chrissten and Quinn began to speak, but he talked over them. “That’s not going to happen.” Chrissten tugged on his arm. “We should go home. I think that’s for the best.” “Listen to me.” Craig sighed, not wanting to hurt anyone, but they were leaving him little choice. “I’m not a kid anymore who needs protecting. I’ve been taking care of myself for a long time now.” He heard his sister’s moan of pain and felt it in his heart. There was pure torment and torture in his brother’s eyes, but he couldn’t let that sway him. “None of us can change the past, but it’s over. We all did what we had to in order to survive.” Hank squeezed Chrissten’s shoulders and Bethany moved up to stand beside Quinn. He loved all his family, but he had to make his own decisions, live his own life. “I didn’t ask for this to happen, but neither did Evie.
