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“What is it, Aurora?” His voice is cold. It seeps through my skin, freezing up my bones. How can he switch like this? I swallow my hurt.
“I am coming home. Just don’t do anything until then. I’ll explain everything.”
“No explanation will help. He sealed his fate,” he snarls before hanging up.
My phone drops to my side, tumbling down like my hope.
Chiara hugs me and says, “I am sorry.”
Picking up the phone, she dials a number, her fingers trembling.
“Cato.”
“What are you doing?” I whisper-shout.
She shakes her head at me and I strain to hear what he says, and she adds, “I want to make a deal.”
I hear him loud and clear as he says, “I’m listening.”
“Me for Hayden’s life.”
“Don’t,” I say and she holds her hand up, halting me.
“I’m coming home tomorrow.”
The phone slips from her hand, clanking to the floor, and I shake her.
“Why did you do that?”
“I owe it to you and Hayden. Neither of you would be in this mess without me.”
I hug her. We both cry and she says, “And now get me drunk.”
We go into his office and two glasses later, we giggle from the mess we’re in.
But the giggles turn to seriousness. “Not even alcohol lasts long enough.”
“Are you afraid?” I ask.
“Not of him, but of myself.” She drags herself up and stumbles as she disappears behind the doors.
The phone rings in my hand, and Kieran’s name flashes on the screen.
“Aurora, Aurora, what am I going to do with you?”
“Nothing, I guess.”
“Don’t need me anymore, huh? Clever move to use your friend.”
“It’s not me using people. That’s your specialty.”
“Don’t you love me anymore, sweetheart?” I hate the sardonic tone rolling off him.
“I love you. It’s just that now I know you don’t love me,” I say and hang up.
I guess I’ve exhausted all my tears.
The phone continues to ring, but I ignore it.
