Chapter 52. Brandon

Third-Person POV

The clock is ticking and Alarick stands by the door of his car, contemplating how to break the news to Livie. Meanwhile, Brandon begins to regain his conscience somewhere else. The car moves rather quickly, making their bodies jolt and jump as they go over road bumps and swerve from sharp turns.

It’s now or never. He has to tell her, regardless of the cause or effect of the matter.

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Livie

“What about this one, do you have it in red? Oh, and light blue too, oh… maybe I should get the black one too.” Leah asks the young girl for a dress she held up, as we begin to shop in a small boutique. We are just getting started with our shopping and I am already getting irritated by her presence.

“Chop chop. Go fetch my dresses, will you?” she tells the girl, making me grunt inwardly as the girl looks at us with shock in her eyes. I mouth out I’m sorry, and the girl has no choice but to sigh as she turns and does as she is tol