Chapter 30 – Drenched in Heartache
The silence in Amira’s room was too loud. Her chest ached with every breath, and no matter how tightly she clutched her blanket, it couldn’t quiet the storm inside her.
She couldn’t take it anymore.
She needed to forget. Needed to breathe.
With trembling hands, she grabbed her phone and her purse, slipping out of the house like a ghost in the dark. The air outside was heavy. The clouds were thick and starless, the kind of sky that warned of rain. A cold breeze whipped through the night, catching her tears and drying them even as fresh ones escaped.
She didn’t care.
She just wanted to be anywhere but here—anywhere but inside herself.
The club lights flashed like a heartbeat when she arrived. Music pulsed through her skin as she walked in, eyes glaze
