CHAPTER 24: BACK TO NORMAL… OR SO SHE THOUGHT
The drive was quiet, not uncomfortable—just… quiet.
The kind that settles after something has happened, when words don’t feel necessary anymore.
Arianna sat by the window, her gaze fixed outside as the city moved past in blurred motion. Buildings, lights, people and everything looked exactly the same, unchanged, unaffected and as if nothing had happened.
She didn’t speak neither did Isla. And for once, Isla didn’t try to fill the silence.
She just watched her occasionally, making sure she was still there… still present.
Thirty minutes later, the car slowed, then stopped.
“We’re here, ma’am,” the driver said.
Arianna blinked once, pulling herself out of her thoughts.
Her home stood in front of her; familiar, calm, exactly the way she ha
