Tangled Love

CHAPTER 74

"She's been like this ever since we got back." Ivory whispered to Jake, glancing at me worryingly.

"What happened at the store?" Jake replied, frowning. Ivory shrugged, looking clueless.

"She spoke to her Mum for a while but I don't know what it was about." Ivory murmured. Jake nodded in response before closing over his door, giving me some privacy.

I was lying in bed, facing the wall.

My body felt numb, completely oblivious to the world around me. My mind was blank, my emotions had disappeared. I was a prisoner to my own thoughts and it was exhausting. The ache in my stomach had completely taken over my whole body, seeping its way in my heart.

I felt the mattress dip slightly as Jake sat down, placing a hand on my arm.

"Muffin?" he asked quietly.

remained silent but a single tear slid out of my eye and down my cheek.

barely believing my own words. My chest

isn't?" Jake asked,

blurring with tears. I don’t want it to

tightly into him. I feel my body shake uncontrollably at

as I wrap my own arms

he's your Dad, he always will be." Jake says firmly. I pause,

but it takes a

who cooked me my favourite lunch of spaghetti and meatballs everyday for a week because I refused to eat anything

loud, repeating my thoughts. Jake nods, his thumb drawing circles on the back

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