EVANGELINE
I knelt silently outside.
The party was still in full swing. I could hear laughter and jeering from the crowd inside, obliviously unaware to what was going on with me.
My knees burned from the snow digging into my skin. My bones shook, but I forced myself to remain upright. I wouldn’t give her the satisfaction of breaking, despite how badly my body craved it.
Through the window, I could see Nicholas seated with his family in the private living room. He sat by the fireplace, taking a sip of something steaming from a mug. He wasn’t the one who sent me out here, but I felt rage directed at him.
Out of everyone in his family, he was the only one who ever pretended to care about me. He was the only one who ever tried to help. Now that he wasn’t helping anymore, now that he’d tu
