I couldn’t move after Augustus dropped those words on me. It was like my brain short-circuited or something. I just stood there, frozen, staring at him like an i***t. I blinked a few times, trying to make sense of what he’d just said. My eyes kept darting between him and the woman standing beside him—Tricia, that’s her name.
“W-What do you mean?” I finally managed to get the words out, but my voice was all shaky, barely holding it together. My whole body started trembling, and I could feel my heart racing, pounding against my chest.
But Augustus didn’t seem to notice—or maybe he just didn’t care. He didn’t even look at me when he spoke. Instead, he turned to Tricia and made some kind of gesture towards her, like he was silently telling her something. I just stood there, feeling a mix of
