Chapter 82 ~ Starting today!

ATHENA

My heart stutters. That voice.

Even if the years had dulled it, even if time had blurred every echo of that night, I'd still recognize it anywhere.

Leah.

The last time I saw her, she was standing in the doorway of my apartment with Alex's child in her arms.

Rubbing it in my face that she had what I could never give him even if I tried.

I looked at the child for the first time, and my heart shattered. He was the spitting image of Alex with his eyes.

I shut the door in her face and applied to work in the furthest hospital I could find.

And now, she's here.

Why is she here?

Dressed in a tailored navy-blue suit with a white coat, her hair pulled back in a bun that does nothing to soften the features on her face.

doctors, clearly a surgical team, all in identical white coats, all standing like soldiers in formation behind their

curls on her lips as she stops

muses, her eyes trailing over me like I'm a specimen she expected to find in the

my face betray the chaos ripping through my chest.

be climbing the ranks at that prestigious city hospital; the one Alex was

got a chance to reach because I was too busy trying to breathe

and my mother

sake of peace but seeing this blonde is standing in front of me, tells me I'll have to change the planet if I want her to

Alex finally marry

a ring but see nothing. But then again,

mind spirals, and I

This isn't the time.

This isn't the place.

doesn't care about either

an interesting case in your ER," she says, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Didn't- expect the excitement to come from a second-year

She tilts her head.

All after an hour on shift. I'm afraid," her smile widens into a cruel grin, "you'll be completely out of line by the time you become

My stomach tightens.

fear but from the anger boiling in

life," I reply evenly. "If that's out of line, then maybe the line needs

exchange surprised glances,

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