Stupid Dirty - Erin Russell

CADE\n I always thought of Silas Rush as my biggest rival on the track and a stuck-up loner off it. But he and his fancy pro career left our crappy hometown in the dust before high school even finished, and then I didn’t think of him much at all.\n I was too busy trying to keep my little sisters from turning into addicts like our mom, and myself from turning into a rage-junkie like our dad. All while keeping food on the table.\n Now he’s back, reminding me of all the things I don’t have, just like he always did.\n Except now we’re both adults. And when I… y’know… talk to the guy for once, it looks like my teenage self might have been too distracted to see all the things that Silas didn’t have as well.\n After catching him at his lowest possible moment, my heart goes out to the guy I u