The sharp scent of nail polish filled Stella's tiny living room, mixing oddly with the distant hum of traffic outside her window. She exhaled sharply, narrowing her eyes at the mess of red paint she'd just smeared acrosss her left thumbnail. "Damn it," she muttered, reaching for the nailS polish remover. She'd been trying to distract herself, anything to get her mind off the last few days. Sasha hadn't responded to her texts. Not one. And when she'd gone to her apartment to beg....yes, beg...Sasha had looked through her like glass. It had stung more than she expected. And Cody? Ugh. She didn't even want to think about him. He'd called and texted non-stop since the truth had come out, but Stella couldn't bring herself to pick up. Not yet. Not after what he did. A loud knock cut through h

