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“Tony…” he trails. “She’s not dead…”
The plane’s unstable. The turbulence basically tore us all in half as it shook and fought against the sky. My guts feel like they’ve been shaken like a martini. I look out the window and sigh. I feel helpless. Am I really going to go back to Chicago?
Going to Detroit seemed like the right move. At first.
But Josh, not even an hour ago, confirmed just what I needed to confirm: I shouldn’t have left.
My shoulders tense…my hands fidget. I’m worried.
I can’t think about her. Not yet.
I can’t let myself.
I’m trying to figure out how I'm gonna survive without being able to hear her voice or feel her breath or know she’s safe or-
"Aria." I cry in the palms of my hands as my forehead falls forward on the seat in front of me. I feel defeated.
It’s like I chose her without making any sort of choice at all. I couldn’t ignore my feelings for her then. I definitely can’t now. And I can’t shut out the memories. I can’t shut out the worry.
I hate myself for letting it get here.
But if I hadn’t, she’d be dead.
If I hadn’t fallen, her kids would be motherless…
At my hands.
But now, what if that same fate was dealt, but this time it was Madam Rosa dealing it?
What if my mom destroys the only thing I’ve ever loved?
If she knew, why the hell hadn’t she come for me?
Why had she let me continue for two more days if she knew what I’d done?
“Why the fuck did you tell her, Josh!?” I scream in agony.
“I didn’t tell her!” He screams back, holding his hands up. “You should know that!”
“I don’t believe you!” I shove him against his car with all my might. He falls backward and skids to the ground. “You talked to her! Why!?”
“Because she knew!” He held his hands out to me. “She sent someone to check up on you because you’d been taking too long… she knew something was off!”
The only thing scary about his mother had always been her intuition.
She was never wrong.
Not about anything.
But this time, she will be…
She should have sent someone to kill me…
She should have ended me before she took Aria. Because whether she’s alive or dead, Madam Rosa is no more…
Chapter 17
Aria
