ARIA
“Is he that mad at me that he didn’t come back tonight?” I whispered, my heart twisting as I paced around.
Aunt Diane had been trying to keep me calm, telling me he would return, but I could see the worry in her eyes. She wasn’t hiding it anymore, and that only made the ache in my chest worse.
What if he was only waiting for me to leave the mansion before he came back? After all, he had told me to leave. Maybe he truly wanted nothing to do with me.
I sighed and rose from the chair, restless, when the screech of tires outside tore outside.
My hearing is so sharp that I could hear them. Moments later, the heavy front doors burst open, and he rushed inside.
But it wasn’t just him, what got my attention was that the unconscious woman was carried in as well, her pale face and bloodie
