Return of the Broken Heiress
Trying her best to mask the fact that Darla hadn't crashed our big night.
I turn to her sharply, grabbing her wrist before I even realize what I’m doing. There was no way she was getting out of this.
She flinches.
“What the hell did she mean?” My voice is rough, demanding answers I don’t even know if I want.
But I need them.
The words Darla whispered into Esther’s ear, those goddamn words won’t leave my head. I can’t stop hearing them.
“You haven’t told him the truth yet.”
For four years, Esther and I have tried. Tried and failed. Every doctor, every treatment, every hopeful moment crushed under the poundage of disappointment. And now, with my parents breathing down my neck, asking why there