Lola returned to her apartment to find Evelina slumped against the front door, her eyes red and swollen, her face streaked with the evidence of hours of crying.The moment she saw Lola, Evelina lunged forward like a drowning woman grasping at a lifeline. She seized Lola's hands and held on with everything she had, tears pouring down her face."Lola, I know everything now. I was wrong. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry!"Seeing her like this, I knew she had called her parents to confirm the truth, and that they had verified every word Lola had told her.Lola wrenched her hands free, her voice flat and distant. "I'm not the one you should be apologizing to. That person is lying in the cemetery.""I know." Evelina choked on a sob."I've already annulled things with Enzo. I'll apply for a position as a groundskeeper at the cemetery. I'll stay by Leo's side day and night and spend the rest of my life making amends."I looked at her, drowning in regret, and felt nothing but calm."Is that so?
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