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Every day that we spent together Every single ether

I also re Luca His adaainst er Luca portrayed when I told him what his brother did The worry I felt when he stormed out of the house to confront Theo, and the relief when he came back home

Then co after ere ive up n, so ereto move back closer home so he could take over his dad’s shop

I aiting on Luca, as due to pick ht Luca was early It only took me seconds to realize it wasn’t hi terror That’s the only way to describe what I felt as I saw hi there The pain, oh God, the pain of what Theo did to

He brutally raped me in my own home He was so mean and hateful with his actions that I must have blacked out When I caht he had left because he was nowhere around I got up, but right as I found my phone, he came out of the hallway The blow he delivered tohard After that, everything is black Until the day I woke up in the hospital a feeeks ago

Co My head pounds and es I feel like I’ on air I can’t et away as fast as I can, but my limbs won’t work

A face appears over me and blood drips fro hot and they burn like acid on my sensitive skin

“You’ll regret doing that, Jules,” Theo sneers, and reaches for me

I scream I scream so loud it pierces my ears and my throat feels like it’s on fire Another sharp pain ainst it

White stars and black space fill my vision As I lie li on, one last memory surfaces

What I found out the day Luca and I got married The news I couldn’t wait to share with him

CHAPTER THIRTY

Luca

MY PHONE RINGS FOR the second tinore calls while I’ point, but so at rab a paper towel, and spray son I’m only halfway finished with

“Take five I need to grab this,” I tell Thomas