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Lucas’s POV

I was half expecting Angel to join me during my usual midnight smoking time, I’m not going to lie, I was waiting for her to show up, I even smoked more cigarettes than I’m used to as I waited for her, but she didn’t show up.

She was still being stubborn, acting unaffected when I was a hundred percent sure that she is.

She didn’t want to spend more time with me alone in fear of me breaking through her walls and changing her mind.

I stumped my last cigarette for the night begrudgingly as I gathered that she won’t come down to meet me and went back inside.

I was headed into my room when I heard her heart breaking whimpers.

Without wasting anytime, I came inside her room and closed the door behind me as I approached her bed. Like I expected, she was having another nightmare. Her tears were streaming down her closed eyelids, her hands were clutching the sheet very tightly, her body was writhing in pain and shaking in fear as her whimpering got louder.

“Mom!” she said in a weak