She'd always said she didn't wanna hurt Vanessa. She didn't hurt her family; her loved ones. She practically asked me to stay the f**k away because she was trying to preserve her good relationships with the people she cared the most about.
And I just ruined that. I just plunged her into the s**t she was most scared of. In other to have her, I had to put her in that difficult spot. That was the plan, right? I shouldn't feel any f*****g guilt. I shouldn't feel any strand of empathy.
But looking at her right now, I can't help the sting in my heart. Can't help cursing myself out. For putting her in such a mess with no heads-up.
So f*****g sorry, Elena.
“Vince?” Cheryl and Lucy voiced out simultaneously staring at me like I was a literal ghost. Leo didn't tell Cheryl about my return, so
