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.

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

she was jealous of Ava when Ava was the fragile baby doll that required constant attention. After a while, we got tired of her jealousy, and we started to hate her

never got what she deserved to have in the first place. We just decided by ourselves that she

Now she did.

our attention. I could feel

forced her to look at me,

no longer

so much, when all she did was to

space for us. I look

mean to

Gabriel furrows his eyebrows, having

021 Innocent Ava

was a question I didn’t know I

are a good brother to Ava,” I try to explain, “so why do YOU hate

my reason. Scar blackmailed me. But she never did anything to Gabriel, not

hates us!” Gabriel exclaims as if I missed something obvious.

adopted! You know, not linked

family that put a roof

not follow that string