Chapter 141

[Cordelia]

The world stops. "Hit by a bus," and "tragic accident" were the last things I heard right before all the other sounds around me became white noise.

It feels like Deja vu, only I can imagine this is what my parents felt like when they heard that the two of us had gotten into a near-fatal car accident. Did their world stop spinning too when they heard about Angelica and me?

Sitting stunned and numb at the foot of the bed, the comforter pulled around me like a cloak, I didn't even notice that Atlas had left until he came back into the room. He must have called down to the concierge to have clothing brought up because as soon as he sees me he hands me a little bundle of comfortable, soft clothing while he pulls off his bathrobe and begins dressing from his own small pile.

"It's going to be okay," he murmurs on repeat as we both get ready, "It'll be okay, Cordelia, it'll be okay."

I have a hard time believing him. It doesn't matter how many times he repeats those words.

Every