Chapter 2054

"Do you really consider me a friend?" Salome asked. "When you couldn't reach me on the phone, why didn't you come looking for me? You're always like this—never asking or showing any real concern. It's like you don't care at all." "We were talking about last night, and now you're changing the subject," Lucy retorted. "And who says I don't care about you? If I didn't—" "I was raped!" Salome's words struck Lucy like a thunderbolt, leaving her frozen for a moment, struggling to process the gravity of what she had just heard. It was clear now. Something terrible had happened. "Who did it?" Lucy asked, her voice steady as she fought to stay calm and manage the situation. Her thoughts involuntarily drifted back to the bar incident, and she couldn't help but imagine the ordeal Salome must have faced the night before. In the past, Lucy had suffered harassment that left lasting emotional scars. But what Salome had endured was far worse—an unimaginable violation that no one should have to