Chapter 29
Spiraling
POV: Stella
I should have been at the office. There were meetings scheduled, documents waiting for my review, and tasks I had ignored for days piling up on my desk back at the office. But instead, I sat curled up in bed, my phone buzzing relentlessly on the nightstand, Mary’s name flashing on the screen.
I let it ring.
Then again.
And again.
And again
I squeezed my eyes shut, willing the noise to stop, but the vibrations crawled under my skin like an unbearable itch. With a sharp inhale, I grabbed the phone, silencing the call with just a flick of my finger.
I couldn't face her today, I don't even have the strength to face her, nor take that look she gives me.
Not with this heavy, suffocating rage coiled in my chest, threatening to pull my soul out of my bod
