Chapter 29

Caroline

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I was back in Hell.

I'd been stranded here enough times that the constant pain and grief shouldn't have even fazed me. It was like my life was the revolving door in a hotel lobby. People came and went. Some returned, some never did. But eventually, they all disappeared.

I thought I could be happy this time. I thought the things that haunted me were finally evaporating.

But here I was again. The pain increased ten folds each time I experienced another loss and I wondered how much more I could really take. How many more times could I glue myself back together and try to create a normal life?

Something felt worse about it this time.

Why would anyone want to murder Freya? Why would Valentina kill herself? Nothing made sense.

I cried over their loss, at the empty spaces in the air now where they should have been. I cried at the agony of knowing Freya's smile or laugh would never fill my world again. I cried for the memories they'd never get to have, mistakes they'd never ge