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FLASHBACK*
The thunderstorm rolled in too quickly.
One moment, the sky was cloudy the next, rain hammered against the mansion windows like a warning.
Emery didn’t care.
Her hands shook as she grabbed Adrian’s small backpack from the table, stuffing his clothes and inhaler inside with uneven breaths.
“Emery stop. Please,” Damian’s voice cracked behind her.
She didn’t turn. She couldn’t.
One more look at him and she might break all over again.
“Emery, listen to me…”
“You lied to me.”
Her voice trembled, but her hands never stopped packing.
“Not just lied… you let me believe Clara… you let me believe all of it. Do you know what that did to me?”
Damian stepped closer, drenched from the rain he had run through trying to catch her at the airport earlier.
“I didn’t know how
