Chapter 64

Flashback:

"How much did this cost you, Ale?" I asked.

"That doesn't matter."

"Tell me, I need to know if I could get my finger cut off for wearing this."

"Seventy thousand dollars."

"Claudia, please react," I am brought back to reality by the voice of my friend, who has placed her hands on either side of my face, causing me to focus my eyes on her. "Doll, breathe."

She is with a noticeable expression of concern on her face.

The moment her arms wrap around me, unable to contain it, tears spill from my eyes running down my cheeks, and the tightness in my chest increases, this can't be true.

"Clau, hey you can't let him get to you anymore," she says, trying to remove all traces of the crying covering my face."

"I..." I try to say, but I find it hard to speak. "I'm sorry, I just can't."

I try to continue, but my breath catches. I can't finish understanding this.

"Why?," I ask myself after remembering. "Why did he have to do all this to me? I can't take this whole situation anymore," I mu