Sequel: Cancer

Vegas Boys

I buried my face in his shoulder and quickly blinked away the tears before he could see them. It was so frustrating, these feelings I couldn't control--the fear my mother had instilled in me, the fear I couldn't escape, no matter how sure I was that Brendon would never hurt me. It was always there, lurking in the back of my mind, a nagging voice I could never dispel. Even when Brendon proved time and time again that he was the only one who truly cared about and understood me, I still couldn't allow myself to trust him. I still couldn't allow myself to trust a Vegas boy.