Underneath the Sycamore Tree

It happened in stages.?



My father left.?



My twin sister died of an incurable autoimmune disease.?



My mother started breaking down.?



Then I was diagnosed with the very thing that took my other half from me.?



That was when I realized Mama’s eyes turned gold when she cried.?



So I moved in with my father and his new family—new wife, new son, new stepbrother.?



Kaiden Monroe made me feel normal.?



Hated. Cared for. Loathed. And … loved.?



Somewhere along the way, I’d found solace in the boy with brooding eyes.?



But everything happens in stages.?



And nothing good ever lasts.?