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.”

me with an

all I can say to him in front of Aurora for now, “I won’t get my hope up that easily from now

I doubt Jack Fuller would dare to just steal

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keep that in

understand,” I nod. Aurora hugs me

of hope that stings me when it’s extinguished as I close my eyes. I need to grow up, if I want to

I want to

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

begged her father to take you. Ava definitely lied at least once in there, and maybe both times are lies even. We can only know if

it.”

Plausible.

but a liar. But this liar knows about my

clear, “If they could get a fake birth certificate and the full thing, then it’s hard to find anything on our own, especially when we have no lead to go on with. But they do.

lips into a smirk, the

sarcasm.

roll my eyes: “I got into it once, then I can do it

time Adrian laughs with a bit of surprise,

So what did

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