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She’s the only thing that matters

Not Rory Not abuse Only her

Chapter Twenty-one

On Sunday irls as they drove off in D and her head hurt froh, at least she wasn’t as bad as Kenzie, who’d guzzled double what Ella had

Kenzie had said all of tords this runted the rest While funny as it was, Ella knew the effect that last night had on her She knew she ain By their staying with her, they took away her chance, and as rattled as she felt, she was also touched by their friendships

I’m lucky

She sighed as Dmitri’s Hummer vanished around the corner and she shut the front door Nohat? Her thoughts spun wildly out of control What happened with Rory last night? Did he go to jail? Why did Kyler want to go with hiht?

Everything hurt

Her head throbbed Her heart ached Her da honest with herself

Instead of standing at the door, thinking shit over that she couldn’t control, she set to showering off the hangover, since two cups of coffee and a painkiller hadn’t helped yet Moving through her hallway, she entered her s into the shower

There, she stayed for a good fifteenand the world seemed less hazy Once she turned off the shower and reached for the towel on the hook, she heard her front door open and close

Knowing exactly who it would be, and needing rabbed her housecoat off the back of the door Then her wet footsteps followed her into the living room

Water dripped off her hair, landing on the hardwood floors, when she spotted Kyler sitting on her couch with his back to her She moved around the couch and noticed an envelope on the table He turned to her, and his guarded gaze still held that cold distance Seeing it brought forth e Happiness didn’t fill her at his arrival, red-hot anger did

“What’s that?” she asked, pointing to the envelope

“Your signed divorce papers,” he said, notfrom the couch