Chapter 23

Alina: He couldn’t be serious about this! No way! Erick had been celibate these past four years? My head was spinning. “Okay, I really need to get to the washroom.” “Last room on the right-hand corner down that corridor,” he pointed out. I gulped down my champagne in one go and almost ran off to the ladies’ room. Halfway through, I realized I shouldn’t have done that because the alcohol was now making me a bit dizzy. I shut the main door and leaned against it, not caring about hygiene for once. Then I started taking deep breaths. In. Out. In. Out. In. Out. This wasn’t working! I really needed to get out of here, possibly out of town or the country, and never come back! Erick wasn’t with anyone other than me while all he made me believe was that he had the time of his life away from me. Kenna, who I thought was a great person, might hate me enough to kill me if only I weren’t special. Papa kept from me the fact that Erick came to visit him often, thus making me believe that he truly was