Chapter 21
RILEY
“Do you love her, Riley?” She asked me without looking at me, and I knew the answer right away.
“I don‘t,” I answered coldly, not really liking this conversation at all.
“Liar.” She hissed at me.
“I told you I don‘t lie.”
“Then tell me about her.” She tilted her body in my direction, her eyebrow raised as she mocked me with her eyes.
“There‘s nothing to tell. She‘s part of the past, Nadia. Let it go.”
“I want to know everything about her.”
“What‘s the point? She‘s gone.”
“I want to know everything about her! Don‘t make me say that again.”
“What the fuck for? I don‘t ask you about your past. Or anyone in your life. So can we just move on...”
“Because I have nothing to tell you! I never had a man in my life! Oh, I have! I forgot! Let me tell you about him! This man saw me when I was 17 and he was forty–five years old! And he decided he wanted me as his mate! That evil man would visit me every time he could, and he would look at me like he was undressing me every single time!”
“Stop, Nadia…” My voice came out desperate.
This was exactly the reason why I didn‘t want her to find out who Andrea was. The evil man in her story was me in Andrea‘s. And telling her what I did to Andrea would only remind her of her own life. I didn‘t want her to end up loathing me. And I never wanted t o be accepted by anyone as much as I wanted Nadia to accept me.
“My uncle would force me to hug him, and I would do my best every time not to vomit or pass out whenever I had to because I hated him. I despised the way he smelled and how his skin felt on my skin…”
“Stop!” My grip on the steering wheel tightened. It was getting harder to control the car. I just wanted to grab her and hug her to make her stop talking.
right now. Everything she was saying about this man mirrored what Andrea must have felt
me, how could I tell her about Andrea without her hating me or worse, calling me evil?
couldn‘t do anything until I was 19. It was only then that I was able to sneak away whenever I knew he was coming to visit me. And every time I came home after that, I would receive a slap or a beating from my uncle. But I was okay with that. The pain and the bruises were better than being wrapped up in his arms and being abused by his
Enough. You don‘t need to remember those
I want you to know everything about me the same way I want to know everything about you. If you want to make
will fix everything. No one will call you
about the pictures in
it dawned on me the one I had on my bookshelves. It has been there for years and I never thought about it after the full moon because I
in the
it away once we‘re home. I didn‘t know it was
my question Is it Andrea in
“Yes.”
is she to
She‘s nothing to
why you look like you‘ve seen a ghost when Stella mentioned her? Why? Because it does still hurt? Just fucking tell me and
pissing me off already!” I slammed my palm on
car!” She yelled almost
“No!”
“Stop the car!”
said no. We‘re going
the door beside her. It was now slightly open, and if I based
I was fucking terrified that she
took off the sling bag she had on her and
just shoved
growled before I jumped out of the car and followed after her as she walked towards the forest line.
Where are you going? Come back
Riley! I will see you at the
her around to face me, gritting my teeth as Ileaned my
I would let you on your own? You don‘t even know how to get back to the
you right now.” She pushed
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