I curled up tight under the blanket on the bed with it draped over me, attempting to hide under it from the outside world. My brain went round and round with all that happened.
Nathaniel’s cold stare.
Lucas’s smug reservefulness.
The accusations.
I had been suspended just like a prisoner, with no chance of making my defense. My heart wasn't hurting just from the betrayal but from the shock of it all.
A sharp knock at the door caught me by surprise. I waited for a second, hesitatingly. Nora? Worse?
I spent the day curled up on the couch with the ceiling above me fastened intently upon me and the weight of the chandelier draped over me like a cloud of doom hovering above me. My apartment that had always been such a sanctuary of mine now seemed cloying. I hadn't eaten anything.
I hadn'
