LILA POV
Pain? I've been through all kinds of pain, but none hurt like this.
None tore through me with the cruelty of a child, my own child, looking me dead in the eye and calling me Aunt.
Calling my friend Mom, while I sit there, helpless, watching an interaction that should have been mine. Ours.
I thought I was protecting him, protecting us. But I was wrong.
So f*****g wrong.
I shouldn't have done this... I was young. Naive.
All I wanted was to protect my child , to keep them far away from Rafael.
And now, I have to sit here and bear the consequences of my choices.
Of my reckless, desperate mistakes.
My thoughts were spiraling. My head feels like mess. A soft touch on my shouldee snapped me out of my spiral. I didn't need to look up to know who it was. Ava.
She had been with
