Tears stream down my face as my emotions quickly surface. I’ve spent the last weeks in a fog of denial and false hope. Even the vicious doses of reality that Aman’s dishes out don’t create the feeling of desperation I’m experiencing now. Yes, it matters to me that Sunny is being swept away on my coattails, but it also matters that I’m losing any chance for a normal life, and it matters most of all, that I’m losing Steven—forever.
“Damn him! Damn him! She doesn’t even know,” I sob. “She has no clue. No clue. It’ll be too late. And If I tell her, I know she won’t believe me. And Steven…” My body is so wracked with sobs that I can’t go on.
Daniel unties my feet and then my hands and gathers me to his chest where the tears pour out until I have no more left. He’s not a man accustomed to sent
