I didnot answer. Instead, I asked, “Where’s my grandmother’s bracelet?“]]
Lucas froze. Something flickered in his eyes.]]
My chest tightened. My voice cracked. “Answer me. Where is it?”
He let out this frustrated sigh. “Iris has been wearing it. I forgot to
forgot to get it back. Let me call her right now.”
My head started buzzing. I closed my burning eyes and waited.]]
After he hung up, his gaze dropped to my hare wrist
“What happened to that bracelet I got your
“It broke
Something in his face shifted when I said it so casually, Like it bothered him more than he expected
Thirty minutes later, Iris came rushing in, practically sweating
Lucas immediately looked concerned. “You didn’t have to rush over like that.”
Tris bit her lip, all innocent. “I just didn’t want Brook to be mad at you.“[
He touched her head like she was some kind of saint.]]
She gave me this cutesy smile and walked over. “Brook, I’m sorry–I totally begged Lucas to let
let me borrow it. Please don’t blame him, okay?”
ing herself look like the sweet, considerate one while painting me as some unreasonable bitch |
Classic Iris. Making
I didn’t have energy for her games. Just held out my hand. “Give it to me.”
She smiled all soft and sweet, pulling out this elegant little jewelry box.
My heart was pounding as I reached for it. This bracelet was all I had left of my family.]
But right as the box touched my fingertips, she let it slip
Ilanged forward, but it was too late.
The box hit the marble floor and popped open. My grandmother’s jade bracelet lay in two perfect pieces.
Iris gasped and covered her mouth, but when she leaned close to me, her voice was pure poison
“If I can’t have everything, neither can you.”
Seeing that smug look in her eyes, something snapped 1 slapped her across the face as hard as I could.]]
She hit the ground and immediately started sobbing. “I’m so sorry. Brook! Hit me again if it makes you feel better!”
Then she started reaching for the broken pieces like she was trying to help
Watching her put on this pathetic act made my blood boil. I moved to push her away from my bracelet
But Lucas grabbed my wrist in a death grip. “That’s enough“]
The veins in his forehead were hulging. He looked furious.
But when he saw the tears streaming down my face, his voice softened. “Stop crying. I’ll buy you another one Iris didn’t mean to deep it.“{}
He toured my hair, trying to comfort me while still defending her
I clutched the booken jade pieces, my whole body shaking. The sharp edges cut deep on my palm, blood dripping onto the white marble
Lucas went pale when he saw the blood. He pried my hand open, cursing under his breath at the damage.
But before he could say anything else, everything went black]
I passed out cold
When I woke up, my head felt like it was splitting open. My throat was raw, like I’d been screaming[]
1 dragged myself out of bed to get some water. At the hallway corner, I stopped
Two figures were standing at the far end of the dim corridor
