Liam POV
Finally, she manages to force out a broken whisper. “Is Zain okay?”
I shrug, the movement heavy and helpless. I wish I could lie to her. I wish I could tell her everything’s fine. But I won’t do that. Not to her. Not to him.
“I don’t think he knows how to be,” I admit. “In his mind... last night wasn’t just you at a bar. It wasn’t drinks and laughs. It was watching the same f*****g nightmare unfold all over again. April left you. You sat there alone. She could have messaged you. She didn’t. Same as Danielle’s friends. Same story. Same fear.”
Scarlet folds into herself a little more, curling her arms tighter around her middle like she’s trying to hold herself together. Her lip trembles, but she bites down hard, forcing herself to stay steady.
She sits there for a long moment,
