Chapter 73

RAINA

Just one break. That was all I'd asked for. One moment of respite where I could breathe without the chaos clawing at me. But, of course, life had other plans.

My phone shrilled on the nightstand, its vibration cutting through the stillness. I groaned, reaching over to grab it before the noise woke Alex. "Faith?" I mumbled into the receiver, rubbing my eyes in an attempt to scrub the sleep from them.

Her voice broke immediately. "Raina, she's here!"

I sat up so fast I almost knocked the lamp over. "What? Who's there?"

"Eliza," she sobbed, her words tumbling over each other. "She's at the house. She says she's pregnant, and she's refusing to leave!"

My heart sank. "What do you mean she's at the house? How did she—why is she—"

"Dom let her in!" Faith's voice cracked, and I could hear the sound of muffled crying. "I don't know what to do, Raina. I locked myself in the bathroom. I can't… I can't face her!"

I had the phone clasped in m