114 Overdose

Scarlett’s POV

Well, I don’t have one.

I talked big, but I didn’t really have a “revenge plan” in my mind. Doing people harm is a huge project, and just thinking about it exhausts me.

“Whatever you want to do, we are here for you,” Aurora says this, only to dart a weird glance at Adrian —

She could only speak for herself and Lilith on that one, but it’s also awkward to specially exclude him from it.

“Yeah!” Adrian pretends he doesn’t understand Aurora’s awkward glance, nodding firmly with a genuine tone, “We are ALL here for you.”

Aurora darts her eyes away, pressing her lips downward as they try to curve up as if having their own minds.

“You are staying with me though, right?” Aurora averts the topic she started, again, “I’m trying to get Lilith to come and live here, too. Her law firm is twenty minutes walk from her, and we can have pillow fights—”

Just within a minute, Aurora glances at Adrian in pure awkwardness twice with a look like she wants to bite off her own tongue. She is really not used to having a conversation with an outsider in our little circle.

Adrian looks away, clearing his throat to

a pep talk, immersing in her burning speaker soul, and I’m having fun watching it.

this, or whether I should mention it at all but…” Lilith frowns, twisting her

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of us, physically, but

different environn nt from me and Aurora, she has always felt a bit inferior. She is a straight shooter

I remind Lilith, nudging her softly,

time when she finally decided

think something doesn’t add up, the way Ava described…about

you mean?”

can wait,” Aurora cuts in, rubbing my shoulders

talk

after hesitation, she takes

with my own eyes.

I didn’t know it was such a tragic death, and certainly not that she had to watch it herself.

better. To know one good thing about my mom, not even a good thing, per

want to look into my real

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