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Chapter 22: Happy Family
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I stayed in the room with Elon, smiling to him like everything was normal— even though my insides were a lot of emotions just by thinking what could happen now that Elizabeth was downstairs.My hands moved randomly, changing his clothes, brushing his hair, while my mind raced with a thousand thoughts, all centered on what they were about to do.Elizabeth.The thought of her being here—my sister, now Damian's lover, after everything that had happened—made me feel scared. Although, I kind of knew why she was here. After all, Damian finally had some free time after a busy week. I felt..a bit threatened.Probably because of the crazy thing she said the last time we saw each other.My heart was heavy when I brought my eyes to Elon, who was holding the small figurine clutched with his tiny fingers. He was playing with it. When he noticed my gaze, he looked up to me.“Is dad not coming back?” he asked, his eyes pure and innocent.“He has a visitor..” My voice was soft, but the weight behind
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I hesitated. Looking at the new message I was about to send, seconds stretched with anticipation. Was apologizing the right thing? He was late. He wasn’t answering my calls.Would this sound like I was pleasing him too much?My phone buzzed again, disrupting my thoughts. Damian’s name flashed on the screen, and I once again contemplated if I would answer it.But I was sure as hell he’d be mad if I didn’t.I inhaled sharply before swiping towards left. "Hey.""Eleanor," his voice was firm, and edged with somethingI could call displease. "Where are you?"I swallowed. "I just texted you. Mike dropped us off. I—" I hesitated. "I meant to text you earlier, but it slipped my mind. I'm sorry."It must have been when Abby called me on our way home, I didn’t have the chance to inform him.There was a pause on the other end. Not that long, but enough to make my pulse beat fast."You should have," he finally said with his tone neutral. Disappointment was evident, so was irritation. But I didn’t
