Switched at the Mafia Auction
It wasn’t the sharp kind of pain anymore, it was dull and constant, like a bruise under the ribs that never healed.
Because deep down, I knew Xander was right about one thing.
Hope is the cruelest leash.
And I’d worn it so proudly, thinking it was love.
A small, broken sound left my throat before I could stop it. Not quite a sob, not quite a scream but something in between, the noise of a person realizing the world doesn’t break with thunder. It cracks quietly, like glass under pressure.
I sank to the floor beside the bed, my hands trembling against the carpet.
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