“Another excuse to not tell the truth,” Gina scoffed and wiped her cheeks dry.
“You can't protect us from him, Calista! He is coming, and he will use anyone or anything to get what he wants.”
“Think about the consequences, Kaiden!”
“Where is it?” He grabbed the back of my shirt, and I jerked away from him. “Give it to me.”
Bypassing the glass, Gina snatched the fireball off the table. “This grows more elaborate by the second.”
His gaze bounced between us. “It’s the only way, sis.”
“No.” I clutched the pendant through the fabric of my shirt. It was hot from being pressed to my skin. “Absolutely not.”
Gina took a shot straight from the bottle and recapped it. “I’ve had enough. You two can act out your role-play game without me.”
“Go.” The word echoed from my hollowed soul. “It’s for the best.”
Hurting Gina was inevitable. I prayed it wouldn’t, but I knew this chaos would affect our relationship one day. However, I didn’t predict it would go down like this. I pulled my legs up and hid my face against my knees so I wouldn’t have to feel her stony gaze.
“I hope you go to grief counseling,” she said as she passed by. “Both of you.”
No amount of counseling could fix this.
