**Elena**
"You saw who exactly?" I asked, staring hard at him. My heart pounded in my chest, but my head still felt strangely numb.
Was I hearing right? Or was my brain trying to block out what I knew would shatter the little peace I had left?
"I saw Helena," he said again, calm.
I blinked. "What?"
That one word held too many feelings—shock, fear, relief? I couldn't even tell anymore. Everything inside me just froze.
She looked thinner. Pale. Like she hadn’t slept in days.” He continued.
"How long?" I whispered. Then louder, quicker, the questions spilled out. "How long have you known? Why didn’t you tell me? Where is she now? What did she say?"
"Can you breathe for a second?" Nick sighed, folding his arms. "And for the record, I'm still upset about everything you did."
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