SARAH
"Why are you doing this? Why won't you just leave me alone?"
The words hit me like physical blows.
Aria's voice was breaking. Tears streaming down her face.
And all I could feel was this quiet, simmering rage building in my chest.
"Why can't you let me be happy? Why do you have to destroy everything?"
Happy.
She wanted to talk about being happy.
While I'd spent weeks rotting in that disgusting apartment. Alone. Desperate. Watching my entire life fall apart.
"I was your friend, Sarah. I trusted you. I loved you."
Loved.
Past tense.
"And you... you... "
She couldn't even finish. Just dissolved into sobs.
I stared at her, feeling something cold and hard settle over me.
I'd tried being nice.
I'd brought her a fucking birthday cake. Sang to her. Tried to make her understand that this wasn't about hurting her... it was about saving us. Saving what we had before Kael poisoned everything.
But she didn't see it.
She'd never see it.
Because all she cared about was him.
