Bella left Ryan’s house in tears. She thought he would explain it to her. If nothing else, he could tell her why he did it. She didn’t know why she didn’t expect him to deny the entire thing.
She could barely breathe by the time she got back to Albert’s house. She choked on her tears and rushed past Albert and his worried face.
“Bella?”
“I can’t right now. I just can’t,” was all she said before closing her bedroom door.
She threw herself onto the bed and cried until she fell asleep. When she woke a few hours later, the sun was sinking quickly. Her stomach rumbled with hunger, but she really didn’t want to eat anything.
She got up and used the bathroom. The house was quiet, so she grabbed a granola bar and a bottle of wine and went back to her room.
Bella didn’t answer her door when A
