#Chapter 52 - A Lover's Quarrel

Adrian Stella and I’s gazes never meet while we make our way to the airport. We may bump into each other and our fingers may meet while passing something off, but we will not acknowledge each other and what was said last night. Truthfully, I cannot help but admit that I have not been able to stop thinking about what Stella said. Her words float throughout my mind like a nightmare ready to strike at any moment. Stella knew what she was getting herself into when she signed the papers. Sure, the research she thought she was helping me out with was research dedicated to Clara’s medical condition, but would she have done it in the first place? Maybe there is some truth in her words, but seeing her move as if there is a match lit under her is dispelling any concern that she may have gotten out of me. Her body looks fine, a little thin and pale, but otherwise she looks completely normal. I can’t exactly see where she has changed or been destroyed. “Adrian?” my mother’s voice calls f