She Approved the Split He Fell Apart

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Scarlett’s POV

What does that mean?

I stare at Adrian as a million possibilities run around my head. How did he know? Did he know something? Is he talking about the junkie thing, or my dad, or both… I dare not go for the one direction that I’m afraid to go-

Could it mean…that my mom can still be alive?

“It can wait,” Aurora rubs my shoulder as I apparently freeze.

“I’m okay,” I mumble, but I AM a bit out of it. I don’t feel like bursting out in tears when I hear about it again, but I don’t know if I could take it to have my hopes up only to be crushed again.

Adrian sighs, giving me a resigned look: “This would be how you feel ALL THE TIME, if you look into this yourself. Every piece of new information, confirmed or not, will be an emotional rollercoaster. And quite frankly, I don’t think you can handle it–”

“Adrian Dunn!” Aurora bursts out in anger, “How could you-?!”

“Aurora,” I follow her up to stop her, “It’s okay. I’m okay, and he is actually right. If I can’t take such a nothing news, then I can’t handle the investigation.”

Adrian looks at me with an apologetic look.

“I’m sorry, That’s all I can say to him in front of Aurora for now, “I won’t get my hope up that easily from now on. I can handle it.”

“Your mother…” Adrian takes a deep breath, “She is likely to be dead. Whatever the truth is, I doubt Jack Fuller would dare to just steal a kid when the mom remains a loose end. So yes, you’d be better off if you

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keep that

nod. Aurora hugs me

little fire of hope that stings me when it’s extinguished as I close my

want to

mind, “If she died, then I lost her a long time. ago. I can’t lose her twice, right?

that your mom was dead when her father picked you up, but later changed it to your mother begged her father to take you. Ava definitely lied at least once in there, and maybe both times are lies even.

it.”

Plausible.

nothing but a liar. But this liar knows about my family, and the

to move back to the Fullers,” I think out loud, seeing a plan more and more clear, “If they could get a fake birth certificate and the full thing, then it’s hard to find anything on our own, especially when we have no lead to go on with. But they do. I just need to

Adrian curves his lips into a smirk, the politeness in his

sarcasm.

my eyes: “I got into it

time Adrian laughs with a

So what

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To

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it because I didn’t believe her ‘slip of the

Adrian rubs his chin in deep thought, murmuring, “Then I’m 80%