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Chapter 9

Author: Fallenwild
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I’d barely settled onto my bed when Mom’s voice carried up the stairs

“Lily, get back down here.”

I groaned, pressing my face into my pillow. Maybe if I stayed perfectly still, she’d forget I existed.

“Lily Marie Graves!”

Nope. Full name meant business.

I dragged myself back downstairs to find Mom waiting at the bottom, arms crossed, wearing her disappointed-parent expression.

“You’re going to apologize to Luca,”

“Mom, I really don’t think—”

“I don’t care what you think. You hurt his feelings, and you’re going to make it right.” Her tone brooked no argument. “That boy has been nothing but kind to you for ten years, and you repay him by trying to get him thrown out of his home?”

Guilt twisted in my stomach. When she put it like that, I sounded like a complete monster.

“Fine,” I muttered. “I’ll apologize.”

“Good. And Lily?” Mom’s expression softened slightly. “Whatever’s going on with you lately—the drinking, the attitude, this thing with Luca—we’re here if you need to talk.”

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