Chapter 26

• I shook my head in reply, my heart tightening at the thought of her having sleepless nights or being this scared due to what happened to her this morning and afternoon. Hopefully she’d get over it soon, which suddenly reminded me of Nicole who took a bullet to her shoulder. Aria didn’t get a scratch on her body but I could tell it wouldn’t be less terrifying for her since all these are new to her- unlike Nicole whom already have a good idea of what we were low key involved in.
• I shook my head before asking, “Have you eaten yet? Did you finally go down stairs?”
• Aria shook her head and bit on her lower lips, her fingers fiddling with the cord of the earbuds, she opened and closed and opened her mouth again before finally deciding on saying whatever was on her mind.