Chapter 24: Wretched

Athena didn’t know what to do when she walked in on Gianna drinking.

She had woken up to use the restroom, and then had gotten thirsty.

On her way to the kitchen just now, she had found Gianna drinking heavily, like her life depended on it.

From the speed and haphazard way Gianna drank, Athena could tell that her friend had downed more than eight glasses.

She sighed, and rested her head on the door post, still watching her friend. What could she do?

She had seen Gianna in this condition only twice.

The first was three years ago, when her parents died in a car crash.

Athena had drank with her, they had drank till they passed out.

That had been understandable.

The second time was on the night she had introduced her to the children’s godfather, Zane, almost two years ago.

That hadn’t been understandable, and neither was this one.

What was the history between them?

Athena didn’t know, but she believed it was too dark—Gianna drank heavily whenever there was a chance meeting with Zane.

Athena also knew she should investigate the matter, but her best friend would go crazy with anger if she ever found out about the investigation.

Athena had found out how angry Gianna could get, when she had tried investigating the accident of the latter’s parents’ and their death.

Athena hadn’t believed it was a mere accident. Gianna had believed it was.

Since then, she steered away from Gianna’s private matters, only doing something if her friend asked for it.

This matter with Zane was such a matter, so she couldn’t investigate it—even though she really wanted to, even though she wanted to understand why her friend became miserable after every meeting with Zane.

Once, she had forbidden Zane from coming, and had almost stripped the latter from being her children’s godfather, but Gianna hadn’t let it either.

Athena was beyond confused and tired.

When Gianna stretched her hand down, and grabbed another bottle, Athena detached her head from the doorpost, and stepped into the sitting room proper.

mouth fell open consequentially, when she saw three

one Gianna was holding was the fifth

was empty, but

her friend, and grabbed the bottle away from

would you have done if Kate or Nate had walked in on

too gone. "Let me be, Athena! Those

head. That wasn’t enough. Her children were

would understand that, being their godmother... Having heard what Kathleen had done

for the second

wasn’t enough. She had

pulled her friend to herself, and dragged the latter to her bathroom, where she was sure there

the underwear, and led her under the shower. Then she shifted away, and turned the

friend to run out, or make a noise, any form of it at all, but Gianna remained immobile under the very cold

This made Athena anxious.

to ask Zane

to know the truth. Her friend looked like an empty shell! Damn

from morning to night

shook her head. She couldn’t let her friend continue

for the alcohol to

to get some clothes from the wardrobe, and a

sitting on the bathroom floor, with her legs positioned at ninety degrees

stopped at the wretched sight; her heart turning over the next second, when she heard the almost quiet sobbing.

again? Did Zane have anything to

questions on the wayside later, and hurried

to herself and led her

she gave her a nightdress,

subsided. And when that was achieved, she rushed to the kitchen to

past tense

back, Gianna was sitting cross-legged

was

Gianna? You know you can tell me anything,

isn’t exactly your concern. Or rather I don’t want it

hand tightened on her cup;

could be stiff-necked when she chose to

so." Athena finally

Gianna sighed. "Thank you."

in, and took a sip of the

me something, Athena... to relax." Gianna requested, after three

thought. She chuckled when she

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