Chapter 48

Elena’s POV

“All right, tell me what’s going on.”

My brows scrunch together. “I don’t know what you mean. Nothing’s going on.”

Alisha looks at me with shrewd eyes. “Hmm, nice try. But you’re my best friend, and I know you better than that. So, tell me…what happened?”

Everything happened.

“It was…nothing.”

“It wasn’t nothing. You were dehydrated, and in the hospital, so it clearly wasn’t nothing.”

Oh. That’s what she’s talking about.

“Right. It was just that — a little dehydration, but I’m better now.”

“Good. I’m glad. Now tell me about what happened with Wayne.”

My heart leaps into my throat just hearing his name. “W-What about him?”

“Why is he moping around the rink?”

He is?

I think in another life at another time, it would give me a bit of satisfaction to know he’s hurting like I’m hurting.

But it doesn’t. If anything, it makes me feel worse.

A small wave of discomfort surges through my belly