The door opens some time later and I hear footsteps walking around the room. I’m sobbing into a cushion when I feel arms surrounding me, pulling me into a hug. I can tell by the scent of her perfume that it’s Scarlett.
“Oh honey, what happened?” Scarlett whispers sympathetically in my ear while rubbing my back. I sit up to face her.
“Carter and I had a huge fight …” I explain to them what happened. Avery sits on the coffee table in front of me and Amber plonks herself on my other side. Avery has a huge tub of cookies and cream flavoured ice cream and hands us all a spoon. We all dig in.
“I’m so sorry Belle. I’m sure you guys will work things out.” Scarlett says.
“I don’t know if I can get passed this.” I look down at the spoon in my lap.
“You know he would never hurt you, right?” Ambe
