She Approved the Split He Fell Apart

Chapter 6

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.

spares mind to comfort me. Well, I guess for a former

“I…thanks.”

Because if mom is not hurt, then it means the only person in the family who ever showed me warmth, lied to me. Just to lure me back

if anything really happened to Mr. Fuller’s beloved wife, he wouldn’t just

fold, two folds, three…I throw the million pieces out to the remote road between the airport and the city. Between my almost-touched freedom, and my

“family”, making leaving something I can never have. I actually thought I could, because Ava is supposed to be

naive

Mom, I’m sorry but

have to lose you. Please, don’t lie to me.

to Ava’s fancily decorated welcome home party filled

was at the airport, hence the

told them after all. Just one word and I would have stayed for him, to be the blood vessel for his love, but even such a small thing he won’t do. He

Knight, good

assets in the city. One that I used to call home which

distance from the crazy kids in the water. He sits under the umbrella, a drink in his hand, across to

and he frowns and looks

Scarlett, Mr.

thought Mom was injured?”

He is just a butler, a paid tool, just like

and he bows again before leading the

me when I enter before he turns his attention back to