Jace
“If you’re here just to apologize, then you shouldn’t be here at all,” she stated. “Go back to your room, you son of a bitch.”
She slammed the door in my face. The sound echoed in the empty hallway.
I stood there for a moment, staring at her closed door. I deserved every insult she threw at me. I deserved worse.
My phone started ringing from inside my room. I walked back, closing my door behind me. I picked up my phone from the bed and answered without checking who it was.
“Good morning, sweetheart.” Aria’s cheerful voice rang through the speaker.
Before today, hearing her voice would have made me happy. Now it just annoyed me.
“What do you want?” I snapped, almost yelling.
“Do you know who you’re speaking to?” she asked.
“I’m busy. Call back later.”
I had too much to deal w
