Scarlett’s POV

“What was that?” Aurora blinks. My one-sentence phone call amazes her.

I grip my phone, for the second time today, struggling with my plan. I just want to stop being hurt. Is it too much to ask? I close my eyes. A part of me wants to just grab the ticket and leave, letting the world burn behind me.

But I can’t. If mom needs a blood transfusion, I need to be there. That’s what I’m in this family for. Their blood vessel.

Please, lord, please tell me this phone call has nothing to do with my message to Sebastian.

Between Mom really is injured, and Sebastian selling me out… I’m not sure which I hope is the situation.

“I guess I’m not leaving today after all,” I let out a sigh, mumbling to Aurora, “I’m really sorry but…I need you to take me back.”

voice, “That was him? What did

With Mr. Fuller? Yes.

had a deep flow of hatred behind his eyes when he looked at me since I could remember. I just didn’t know why until I found out I was adopted. And for

fine,” Driving faster than usual, Aurora spares mind to comfort me. Well, I

“I…thanks.”

then it means the only person in the family who ever showed me warmth,

want to consider that possibility, but if anything really happened to Mr. Fuller’s beloved wife, he wouldn’t just throw me a sentence. He would send guards to

flight ticket, one fold, two folds, three…I throw the million pieces out to the remote road between the airport and the city. Between my almost-touched freedom, and my

my freedom. I’m the blood vessel to my “family”, making leaving something I can never have. I actually thought

naive

Mom, I’m sorry but

I don’t have to lose you. Please, don’t lie

the Fuller’s Villa to Ava’s fancily decorated welcome home party filled with a happy crowd, I know my

at the airport, hence

and I would have stayed for him, to be the blood vessel for his love, but even such a small thing

good

walk into the Fuller’s Villa. One of the most luxurious assets in the city. One that I used

Sebastian. Black suits ironed straight, with his leather shoes at a safe distance from the crazy kids in the water. He sits under

and he frowns and looks

the lobby, and immediately Alfred approaches: “Miss Scarlett, Mr. Fuller is waiting for you in

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