Adrian’s POV***For a few seconds, I couldn't say anything. I just stared at Aria through the car window. She looked scared. Really scared.Her eyes moved from me to the firefighters, then to the house. The question she had asked me earlier suddenly came back to my mind. What is happening here?I still hadn't answered her. And now, looking at her frightened face, I knew I couldn't keep avoiding everything forever. But I wasn't ready. Not yet. There were too many things happening at once.Nora was dead. Someone had started a fire in my house. Someone had been running through the hallway. Aria had been receiving strange messages. And now she had returned to find her home looking like this. I didn't know what to tell her. The whole situation already said enough. The smoke, the firefighters, the people standing outside, the damaged part of the house. I looked away for a moment.Then Ethan stepped forward. “Mr. Cole, welcome back.”Aria's father slowly stepped out of the car. He looked at
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