CHAPTER 17
I was shocked. I had not expected Alastair, my best friend to say that. I heard dry sobs and realized I was the one crying. Tears cascaded down my cheeks. In a flash, Alastair had brought back memories of everything that I wished to forget.
The pain I felt raging inside of me was a hundred times worse than any physical pain. I folded my arms across my abdomen. It felt like there was a badly filled hole there that he had opened with his words. In those few seconds, I relived every moment of Lucinda's death. I would consider myself extremely lucky tonight if I did not have another nightmare. Alastair knew better than anyone how much I had suffered from those since Lucinda passed. Now that they were becoming less frequent, he had risked opening old wounds for what? His hatred fo
