Chapter 9: Sophia's Return
LUMINA
An hour later, I got a text from Xenois that shattered my heart.
He had texted me that he won't be coming for Ollie's big day at school.
"Can't make the school meeting. Something came up."
Of course he wasn't. This was everything that Ollie had talked about for weeks. His teachers all had brilliant things to say to him and he wanted his father to hear it from them and be proud of him but once again. Xenois was choosing the easy way out.
"I know " I texted back in response.
I stared at my phone after sending the final text to Xenois, my fingers still shaking slightly as I set it down on the kitchen counter.
"Is everything okay?" He sounded genuinely curious about my behavior, clearly because it didn't follow my usual pattern of trying to cause a
