Chapter 0396



Mallory

I am more than overwhelmed.

Neah keeps her eyes on me. I don't think she is waiting for an answer, instead I think she is watching to see how I process her words.

My mouth opens and closes several times as I struggle to form any words. I'm also pretty certain that if I had been holding anything but Luca, I would have dropped it.

Forgiveness was something I was never expecting. Never. She had made that very clear that day she finally heard me out.

I clear my throat, hoping that my brain will engage my mouth muscles. "You do?"

She bobs her head at me.

"Why now?" I could feel more tears creeping along my eyelids

"You are not who you were. I'm not who I was. We have both come a long way.” She shrugs her shoulders at me like it's no big deal. “The person you were back then, she only ever cared about herself.”" She smiles to herself. “I killed the man who shot you because it made me so angry that I thought I had lost you too."

I hadn't thought about it like that and she had never mentioned anything about it. Brax had told me that the guy was aiming for Neah and that was why I assumed she killed the guy. Not because he had hurt me.

it means to hear you say that." I whisper, still trying to process the weird sense of relief that I'm feeling. I had no idea of the guilt I had been holding on to. I guess I had just grown so used to

definitely didn't think we

had a friend until Raven, and even if she were still alive, I don't think we would be as friendly as you and

cared about

but then.....Anyway,

fucking yeah!" My response makes Luca jump, causing him to cry

expecting. In the moment he was probably excited and then reality set in. It will be harder to protect him now and some people may

the house, I find Dorothy sitting behind a bush,

from most

doodling on a

the discarded food

behind the bushes, she stares at me with bright green eyes, waiting for

"Why are you sitting

don't want my

and myself until I'm sitting with my knees touching hers. "You

of that." Her shoulders drop and her bottom

what happened at school?" It had to

bobs her head and the

"Something made you angry?"

doesn't answer me and refuses to meet

angry." I tell her, "Lot's of different things make people angry and do

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