As soon as I got home, I locked myself in my room and fell seriously ill.
While I was delirious with a high fever, my mind kept drifting back to that basement.
Calum was there, holding his guitar, singing soft love songs just for me, his voice warm as honey. "When I strike it rich, I'll buy you the biggest house you've ever seen," he'd promised. "You'll be the happiest bride in the whole world. You're the only person I'll ever love in my entire life, honey."
Those words still rang clear in my ears, like he'd said them only yesterday.
But the very same man who'd sworn to love me forever was the one who'd shoved me straight into hell with his own two hands.
When I finally woke up, my dad was sitting right next to my bed, his eyes red and puffy from crying too.
"Thalia, it's all over no
