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.”

her voice, “That

With Mr. Fuller? Yes.

flow of hatred behind his eyes when he looked at me since I could remember. I just

Mrs. Fuller is fine,” Driving faster than usual, Aurora spares

“I…thanks.”

hope so”. Because if mom is not hurt, then it means the only person in the family who ever showed me warmth, lied to me. Just to lure

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

up my flight ticket, one fold, two folds, three…I throw the million pieces out to the remote road between the

vessel to my “family”, making leaving something I can never have. I actually thought I could, because Ava is supposed to be cured now, meaning I don’t have

ridiculously naive was

Mom, I’m sorry but

hope you really are injured, so that I don’t have to lose you.

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

knew I was at the

would have stayed for him, to be the blood vessel for his love, but

Knight, good

the most luxurious assets in the

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

and he frowns and looks

immediately Alfred approaches: “Miss Scarlett, Mr. Fuller is

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