All Our Forevers

Not all hearts beat in tune. Ours were ripped. Scarred. And stitched back together.

An outcast since birth, I never deserved to become the first son in the family. Shadowed by the everlasting glory of my elder brother, I was destined to be the dirt stain on my father's polished reputation.
Then, one day, I met her . . . Francesca Trevino. The girl whose charcoal black eyes became the ravens of my rescue.
We were good friends and grew up perceiving everything new together, exploring and learning, laughing, and at some point, kissing. We fell so hard and shattered even harder.
What we thought would last forever, crashed the day my sister Khloe was killed. At the hands of none other than Francesca's father, Lorenzo Trevino.
Ruined to the core, I lost my love and watched my family fall apart. And when my father died, I knew I needed an escape.
I ran away, leaving the remnants of my torn heart to beat at the grave of my past, determined to never return to San Fernando.
Now, almost two years later, I'm back in town, with the beautiful unknown staring at me through the dark pools of everything I tried so hard to forget forever.