CHAPTER 42

Riella's POV.

I sniffed the air...the relaxing air of New York City as I climbed down from the plane. It felt good, extremely good to be back in the town. It felt like I had been gone for ages.

Even though I knew that it was just a few days. Miami, the place held bad memories for me. It held events I wanted to dig a space in my mind and bury it into. It was not something I want to be remembering.

“New York, ” I whined as I held on to the handle of my box, feeling tears brim in my eyes. It felt extremely good to be back. In as much as the city was crowded and all of that, it was still my beloved city.

The past few days, especially after that day, I had gone from being fierce to emotional every passing minute. It was like the presence of Desmond that day had pressed a button, one that revealed my emotional side.

I got stressed easily and had tears running down my face at the thought of it. Although I had wanted to talk about it, I didn't want to burden Carolyn with the news over the pho