chapter 94

I stormed out of the office, my mind a complete mess. A million and one thing ran through it all at once, but I pushed them to the back of my mind. If I thought about it, they didn't matter. A good number of the things that seemed to want to drive me mad were irrelevant, especially after things had turned out a couple of minutes ago.

I smiled, and unlike the others, it wasn't half hearted or a tight-lipped one. It was genuine, and something flickered in my chest. Hope, perhaps? Or maybe the glimpse at a future where I was finally getting what I deserved. No, scratch that, who. Who I deserved.

I allowed the events from a while back play in my head. Even in a million years, I hadn't seen it coming. If someone had walked up to me and told me this was how it was going to play out, I would have laughed their heads off and probably ordered that they'd be thrown into the dungeon or something.

When Bella's mother had walked in, I wasted no time in showing my disdain. She saw it, but I