Ava~~~I try to fix my mind on anything other than Helen, the memory of my mother, for example, but reaching for my necklace and squeezing doesn’t work today. There’s so much to unpack, so many things that were thrown at me at once:The stabbing, his sister, Riggs…Riggs.That feels safe to settle on, and I let the rage from Leonel keeping such a secret from me fill my mind, clouded with anxiety. It’s enough to sharpen me.I turn to him at the same time he turns to me, and even before I speak, he runs a hand through his hair.“Let me explain, mi Valienta,” he begs.I hold a hand up and snap at him, “Do not ‘mi Valienta’ me right now, Leonel. Is it true? About Riggs?”He grimaces, and I know without another word that it is. He has that man tied from a ceiling, torturing him as some sick punishment.I shake my head, trying to clear out the images of him laughing at Riggs as the man begs for freedom, but it’s tattooed in my brain.“Why!” I yell, not necessarily at him, but at the images
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