The Fire That Saved Me 46
He nods, distracted. “Thank you.“] Hook between him and Lary, do I leave her here alone with hin He’s ber father_ God, I really need to wrap my head around this “Are you two okay down here together if I go upstairs and organize a few things? My eyes linger on Lucy as I wait for her reaction, she smiles goofily with over exaggerated hod Ugh traitor Can’t she at l at least act uninterested in him for my sake?|| “I think we are doing just fine, aren’t we, Luda? Gabriels over at her The vision of the two of them blurs in my eyes well with tears. 1 turn toward the door so that they can’t see my face and stumble to the stairs. In the darkness. I sink down to sit on one hallway up|| I can hear my bram beating in my chest as an overwhelming panic runs through me The nums up here, says a few pretty words and already she willingly adores him. Just like that and he’s leaving[] 1st in the darkness for a while and I can hear t them talking in the distance, Gabriel is asking her questions and she’s loving the attention.[] She says something that it 1 hear and 1 hear Gabriel laugh and then she laughs too. My beautiful lande girl, so happy to be talking with her father, I smile softly in the darkness.[] Clay, I need to get my art together and try and fix this situation with Dominic, I want him to have a happy memory too, I stand and make my way upstairs and knock on the closed door. “Dom” I open the door to find him sitting sitting on his bed playing with his Nintendo Switch, and I sit down beside him. “Are you okay?” “Yep.” He keeps playing[] “Did Gabriel upset your “Nope.” he says, he keeps playing as he acts uninterested. “What did he say to you in Halian?” Task “Nothing mich.” 1 sat beside him for a moment and I don’t want in make this more dramatic than it needs to be this this has to to be in his time, not mine. “Is it okay if I sleep in here with you tonight on the trundle bed?” “Yeah, all right” He keeps playing. Damn it, this is getting me nowhere and I have to clean my room for Gabriel ||…