Try to make me cry
She leaned back into Eddie, clutching his arm even tighter, seeking sanctuary from the Tyrant.
I turned toward the jet’s stairs, done with the theater. But as I placed my foot on the first step, I caught it.
Bella raised her face. The tears were still there, but the sobbing had stopped. She looked directly at me—not at Eddie, but at me.
And then, she smiled.
It wasn't a smile of greeting or even a smile of victory. It was a dirty, jagged little smirk. A look that said she knew something I didn't. A look that suggested that this trip to Hawaii wasn't going to be the peaceful flight I had imagined.
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