CHAPTER 42 M I R A N D A PRESENT DAY Ludlow Hotel, New York "Miranda Rachel Rose." Hugo states my full name while he looks at me intently. His eyes filled with so many emotions that I cannot distinguish what and I know there are so many things going on inside his mind and so does mine. This was not the thing I came here for although and this starting to hurt me too much. The way he looks at me makes my bones tremble in fear as my hands are shaking while I clench my fists. I know he has a lot of things to say to me and I don’t know if I am even ready to hear them. I don’t know if I have the guts to hear those words coming from him after that shameful and sinful night. He laughs humorlessly as he stares at the necklace right before us and I know it was not a funny laugh. The silence b

