She Approved the Split He Fell Apart

Chapter 115

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Scarlett’s POV

What does that mean?

I stare at Adrian as a million possibilities run around my head. How did he know? Did he know something? Is he talking about the junkie thing, or my dad, or both… I dare not go for the one direction that I’m afraid to go-

Could it mean…that my mom can still be alive?

“It can wait,” Aurora rubs my shoulder as I apparently freeze.

“I’m okay,” I mumble, but I AM a bit out of it. I don’t feel like bursting out in tears when I hear about it again, but I don’t know if I could take it to have my hopes up only to be crushed again.

Adrian sighs, giving me a resigned look: “This would be how you feel ALL THE TIME, if you look into this yourself. Every piece of new information, confirmed or not, will be an emotional rollercoaster. And quite frankly, I don’t think you can handle it–”

“Adrian Dunn!” Aurora bursts out in anger, “How could you-?!”

“Aurora,” I follow her up to stop her, “It’s okay. I’m okay, and he is actually right. If I can’t take such a nothing news, then I can’t handle the investigation.”

at me with

him in front of Aurora for now, “I won’t get my hope up that easily from now on. I can handle

“She is likely to be dead. Whatever the truth is, I doubt Jack Fuller would dare to just steal a kid when the mom remains a loose end. So yes, you’d be better off if

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keep that in

nod. Aurora hugs me

it’s extinguished as I

to do this

lost her a long time. ago. I can’t lose her twice, right? I want to do something…related to her. I want

to your mother begged her father to take you. Ava definitely lied at least once

it.”

Plausible.

Ava’s words to remember that she was nothing but a liar. But this liar knows about my family, and the good thing is,

then it’s hard to find anything on our own, especially when we have no lead to go on with. But

and get his password,” Adrian curves his lips into

sarcasm.

into it once, then

time Adrian laughs with a bit of

impressive. So what did

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