When she attempted to call him again, all that greeted her was a robotic voice. Idania slumped against the couch, staring up at the ceiling with a bitter, sarcastic smile.

Tobias didn’t care about her at all, even after she’d told him that she was alone and in pain.

He didn’t care if she died or lived.

Several hours later, Skylar carefully crawled out of bed while Tobias was still asleep, aware that he was a light sleeper and an insomniac.

Heading for the bathroom, she picked up his toothbrush before setting it back down, remembering his OCD.

Her complicated family background had shaped her into a sensitive people-pleaser who hated making other people upset.

“Remember your roots,” her grandma always reminded her. “You don’t have the luxury to be reckless or stubborn. You should be grateful to have clothes on your back and a roof over your head.”

at the reflection of the

didn’t know who had picked out this necklace, but

bathroom that belonged to her. So, she picked up some

was already awake. Even in this

she

I’ll send you,” he said before he yawned, pushing himself out of bed to

asleep. After long periods of insomnia, he’d grown

took last time are still fresh in

about causing trouble

her hair into a neat ponytail. “We share a

it at that. He wanted his rest too, and he knew he’d be

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