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

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

a deep breath, “She is likely to be dead. Whatever the truth is, I doubt Jack Fuller would dare to just steal a kid when the

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keep that in

Aurora hugs me

fire of hope that stings me when it’s extinguished as I close

truth about me. If I want to do this for Mom. MY

my mind, “If she died, then I lost her a long time. ago. I can’t lose her twice, right? I

mother begged her father to take you. Ava definitely lied at least once in there, and maybe both times are lies

it.”

Plausible.

words to remember that she was nothing but a liar. But this liar knows about my

thing, then it’s hard to find anything on our own, especially when

his password,” Adrian curves his lips into a smirk, the politeness in

sarcasm.

it once, then I can do

laughs with

what did you

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