She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked by Nyx Rai

114 Overdose

Scarlett's POV

Well, I don't have one.

I talked big, but I didn't really have a "revenge plan" in my mind. Doing people harm is a huge project, and just thinking about it exhausts me.

"Whatever you want to do, we are here for you," Aurora says this, only to dart a weird glance at Adrian -

She could only speak for herself and Lilith on that one, but it's also awkward to specially exclude him from it.

"Yeah!" Adrian pretends he doesn't understand Aurora's awkward glance, nodding firmly with a genuine tone, "We are ALL here for you."

Aurora darts her eyes away, pressing her lips downward as they try to curve up as if having their own minds.

"You are staying with me though, right?" Aurora averts the topic she started, again, "I'm trying to get Lilith to come and live here, too. Her law firm is twenty minutes walk from her, and we can have pillow fights-"

Just within a minute, Aurora glances at Adrian in pure awkwardness twice with a look like she wants to bite off her own tongue. She is really not used to having a conversation with an outsider in our little circle. This time Adrian looks away, clearing his throat to hide his laugh.

"Lilith, are you okay?" I ask. Adrian looks happy just with Aurora's presence, Aurora is trying her best to give a pep talk, immersing in her burning speaker soul, and I'm having fun watching it. But among all this, Lilith looks bewildered as if something is bothering her. "I-I don't know if this is a good time to mention this, or whether I should mention it at all but..." Lilith frowns, twisting her fingers. She is the

+25 BONUS

111 Ovenlose

three of us, physically, but she can be

felt a bit inferior. She is a straight shooter

it to yourself?" I remind Lilith, nudging her softly, "It's us,

time when she finally decided to let me

think something doesn't add up,

do you

cuts in, rubbing my shoulders

to talk

after hesitation,

looks like. My...my mom overdosed, and I saw her dead body with my own eyes. If Ava said this, then she lied. Your mom might

tragic death, and certainly not that she had to watch it herself. I hug my kind, lovely Lilith, murmuring: "Thanks, that does make me feel better. I'm really sorry for

better. To know one good thing about my mom, not even a good

still want to look into my real

2/3

+25 BONUS

111 Overdose

everyone including myself.

IF she died. I want to know if she was properly buried and why she was there, alone with me. I might not want the father