Chapter 75 Feeling Of Pity and Not Love

• Leilani
• Though I had been rehearsing everything that I was going to say to Neil when he finally got here, I still couldn’t tame my wild, staccato heartbeat, as I lay curled up in Ashley’s comfy sofa, blankly staring at the combination of images, colors and motion on the huge TV.
• I heard the doorbell suddenly ring and my breath caught, startled. Holy shit. That had to be him. I slowly sat up on the sofa, touching my toes to the shiny floor as I looked over my shoulder to see Ashley walking into the living room.