She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

006 Blood Vessel

Scarlett's POV

"What was that?" Aurora blinks. My one-sentence phone call amazes her.

I grip my phone, for the second time today, struggling with my plan. I just want to stop being hurt. Is it too much to ask? I close my eyes. A part of me wants to just grab the ticket and leave, letting the world burn behind me. But I can't. If mom needs a blood transfusion, I need to be there. That's what I'm in this family for. Their blood vessel.

Please, lord, please tell me this phone call has nothing to do with my message to Sebastian.

Between Mom really is injured, and Sebastian selling me out... I'm not sure which I hope is the situation.

"I guess I'm not leaving today after all," I let out a sigh, mumbling to Aurora, "I'm really sorry but...I need you to take me back."

"That's great!" Aurora throws herself into me with genuine happiness in her voice, "That was him? What did he say? Is that always how you call each other?"

With Mr. Fuller? Yes.

My "dad", never loved me. He had a deep flow of hatred behind his eyes when he looked at me since I could remember. I just didn't know why until I found out I was adopted. And for how I found out I have to thank Ava. "Scar, don't worry too much, I'm sure Mrs. Fuller is fine," Driving faster than usual, Aurora spares mind to comfort me. Well, I guess for a former F1 racer, it's not too fast.

"I...thanks."

then it means the only person in the family who ever showed me warmth, lied to me. Just to lure me back to the living hell that they force me

don't want to consider that possibility, but if anything really happened to Mr. Fuller's beloved wife, he wouldn't just throw me a sentence. He would send

throw the million pieces out to the remote road between the airport and the city. Between my almost-touched freedom, and my

can get another ticket, but I'll never get my freedom. I'm the blood vessel to my "family", making leaving something I can never have. I actually thought I could, because Ava is supposed to

ridiculously naive

that I don't have to lose you. Please, don't lie to

at the Fuller's Villa to Ava's fancily decorated welcome home party filled with a happy crowd, I know my wish was

the airport, hence the phone

them after all. Just one word and I would have stayed for him, to be the blood vessel for his love, but

good for

in the city. One that I used

at a safe distance from the crazy kids in the water. He sits under the umbrella, a drink in his hand, across to Ava. He sees me,

"Miss Scarlett, Mr. Fuller is waiting for you

thought Mom was injured?" I

words. He is just a butler, a paid tool, just like me. No need for one tool to be hard on

and he bows

Fuller glances at me when I enter before he turns his attention back to the file he was reading,