CHAPTER 242SCARLET LETTERSISLAMy hands wouldn’t stop shaking.I didn’t even remember sitting down, but somehow I was on the edge of my bed, my phone clutched so tightly in my palm it should hurt, but it didn't. I couldn't count how many times I dialled Asher's number, but each time, the call failed. I pressed it again and this time it rang and it gave me hope. Until it went into voicemail and my hope crashed. I swallowed the lump in my throat and tried again. And again. And again. And each unanswered call felt like another door slamming in my face. “Pick up,” I whispered desperately as it rang for the hundredth time. “Please, just pick up.”Nothing.I switched to messages, typing vigorously as I begged for a listening ear, begging him not to do anything stupid. But I never got a response. The tears came faster now, blurring my screen until I could barely see his name.“Isla,” Sonia said softly from across the room. “Maybe give him time.”“I can’t,” I choked out. “You saw him.
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