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Her reputation was riding on her holding it together tonight and it was past ti for so and do it for her

It was tirow a backbone and not let the loss of Romeo destroy her life

Which was easier said than done when she kne Juliet must have felt Knew that her heart would have felt like soh the centre of it, the pain co

Sucking in a deep breath before her thoughts took a doards spiral Cara placed her hand over her stomach and drew her spine up tall She was fine Or at least she would be fine One day

‘Aidan’s really busy right now but I think he’ll be flying in soo home, Cilla? You look tired’

And maybe it would be easier to pretend that her life didn’t feel like it was hanging over the edge of a cliff without her sister’s observant eyes on her all night

‘What about you? You ed yourself’

Cara felt numb most of the time and between that and yesterday’s tortured tears it see ‘I’ll be fine Really Harriet said I was a shoo-in’

Lucilla hesitated ‘I should stay’

‘You’re no good to me if you fall over with exhaustion Go home I’ll text you’

‘Are you sure you don’t need me? I could—’

Cara put her hand on her sister’s arm ‘You’ve always been there for me and I’m not sure I’ve ever told you how much it meant to me as a child But I’m fine Really’ She smiled ‘Please … You look shattered’

As shattered as Cara probably looked beneath her carefully applied makeup

‘It’s Christos I swear he’s the most … I don’t even kno to describe hi her eyes

Lucilla had mentioned the tension between her and Giatrakos, but she had never seen Lucilla react like this before, and although Cara’s curiosity ell and truly piqued as to as going on with her sister, she knew that noas not the time to pursue it

Instead she leaned forward and kissed Lucilla’s cheek ‘I’’