Chapter 88

• "Hi, Dad. Hi, Mom. I just wanted to say I miss you! Even though we can’t see each other, I want you to know I carry you in my heart. Happy New Year, both of you!"
• I sent the voice message to my mom and went back to piecing Preciosa back together—something I’d been pouring myself into these past few days. Ever since I moved, I’d spent most of my time indoors, cleaning and organizing everything. I only went out to buy what I thought the house still needed. I wasn’t the only one who had moved. Annie had decided to move in with Liam, and she’d been swamped with everything lately, so it had been hard for us to meet up.
• Nicolas still wasn’t answering my calls, but his family told me he was doing better—that the pain from the breakup wasn’t hitting him as hard anymore. Even though he could’ve come back, he chose to stay in Heington, far from everything that had made him suffer.