She Approved the Split He Fell Apart

Chapter 21

021 Innocent Ava

Sebastian’s POV

I have never seen Scar so happy with her laughter reaching her eyes….when she left with her friends.

She never laughs with me, she just smiles at me- she used to smile at me, but not anymore. Not for months. But even before when she did, it was different from the laugh she had with her friends. Her smile at me was always timid and restrained, like a puppy scared of being hurt, but also desperately flatters people for food.

She wasn’t happy with me. I made sure of that.

I thought I was just “not loving” her. I didn’t. I don’t! And because of that, I never cared if I was hurting her. She forced my hand, and I used that to justify everything.

The past three days were really rough for me.

I couldn’t stop thinking about Scar’s accusation, of how horribly we have been treating her. I felt sick of myself every time I think of the phrase “blood vessel“. I kept searching in my memory for clues to justify my actions. Maybe she deserved it, maybe she brought that to herself, maybe things didn’t have to be that

way.

I couldn’t find any.

of Ava, but she has never harmed Ava on purpose. Even the “paper cut accident” was just an accident. She wanted everyone’s attention, and

of Ava when Ava was the fragile baby doll that required constant attention. After a while, we got tired

to have in the first place. We just decided by ourselves that she should grow out of

Now she did.

she no longer wants our

identical shirt, but today when I forced

no longer

I want that! But why does it sting so much, when all she did was to stop paying her attention to

a hard time not laughing at him. They quickly clear the space for us. I look at him rubbing his shoulder with a painful

so mean to Scar?” I blurt

Gabriel furrows his eyebrows, having a

021 Innocent Ava

It was a question I didn’t know I would ever ask him

to Ava,” I try to explain, “so why do YOU hate Scar so

never

She hates us!” Gabriel exclaims

was adopted! You know, not linked by blood. Bound to happen.

adopted orphan hate the family that put a roof

follow that