*ARIANA*
The divorce, detectives who looked at me like I might be guilty, Maxwell choosing Selene over and over, my siblings treating me like a ghost, and Juliana's cruelty turned legal.
And Dad.
He'd finally seen me, finally apologized, finally tried.
And now I couldn't see him.
My phone was in my hand before I realized what I was doing.
I scrolled past Maxwell's name, past my siblings who never called, past people I used to think were friends.
And stopped at Durrell.
He'd tormented me in high school. Singled me out with that infuriating smirk. Been everything I wasn't: confident, wanted, surrounded by people who chose him.
But he'd also texted me about Dad. Checked on me. Offered help without asking for anything.
And right now, he was the only person I could think of who might
