Chapter Thirty three ~ Damien

I wanted to tell her I loved her before I drove off. But then when I thought of my actions of recent, I decided that it would sound like a lie to her ears.

I replayed our conversation in my mind every now and then. She said she would leave if I cheated and I promised I would tell her if I ever did something stupid. What that meant was that I was going to be the cause of my own undoing.

If there was anything I feared, it was the thought of losing Ariana. It scared me more than the thought of losing my own life. At least if I died she would have a more peaceful life despite how heartbroken she would be.

Why did this have to be so hard?

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How a couple of weeks rolled into a couple of months, I would never understand. It all happened so fast. The kids had adjusted to spending two weeks in the mansion and the other two in Ariana's apartment.

When they came home, I would hear them pray with her over FaceTime. Sometimes they prayed on their own before bed. I didn't stop them. They wer