Hannah
We are all in the manor, waiting nervously. Anton comes in and looks at us.
“It was a close call, the next few hours will be crucial. “
“But that’s good news, right?” Chris asks, his tone is hopeful and Anton nods. I exhale slowly and James’ hand finds mine. At this point, it’s clear to everyone we have been together all this time. But after everything that happened to us, after everything we went through, I realized how ridiculous this idea of mine was. Again.
James is what gives me strength, he makes me braver.
My eyes flutter to Maria and Candy. They told me what happened to her father. I also know Kamil brought her the news right before the exchange.
And I saw her there - acting like everything was fine. She swallowed all the pain - so raw, and new and did it.
We b
