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Chapter Sixteen

Author: Sammy
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The Argument

Lila

I spent the entire night in the chair beside my mother’s bed.

I couldn’t sleep.

Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Luca in that hallway, his hands gripping Vanessa, his mouth against her throat like she belonged to him.

Like I never would.

The memory burned behind my ribs.

But it wasn’t just betrayal that kept me awake.

It was the look in his eyes when he found me here. Not rage.

Not even guilt.

Just that cold, terrifying conviction that I belonged to him, no matter what he did.

That he could wound me over and over, and I would always come back.

And God help me, a part of me was afraid he was right.

I pressed my palm to my mother’s frail hand, feeling the heat of her skin.

Her breathing had steadied overnight, the lines on her face smoothing out as the sedatives worked.

I studied the shape of her fingers, the faded gold band on her left hand she still wore even after Dad died.

Once, when I was little, she told me that love was sacrifice. That it was never about perfec
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