Valentina's POV My stomach churned deep in my belly, and I didn't like it. Usually, it was a telltale sign that something was wrong. It was either that, or I was just feeling nervous. Even though I'd been thinking about it since I first walked out of the house, I still hadn't been able to figure out what exactly it was. Shut. I pressed my eyes shut, allowing all of the events from the last hour to race through my mind. No matter how many times I'd replayed each scene, or how hard I'd tried to forget them, it did nothing to erase them. If anything, the more I tried, the harder they came. I let out a soft sigh. Family was everything to me, and I was really big on having some kind of respect or reverence for the people you considered important in your life. I hated when I had to go agai

