Chapter 183. The Plan

Leah’s POV

“You have to get yourself out of this hole you’re in,” Vanessa said to me as we sat next to each other on the bed.

She had opened the curtains to let some sunlight in, I felt like a vampire because I hated it. Maybe because I didn’t want her to see how depressed and sad I looked; how disgusting I was. 

“I’m not in a hole,” I replied, staring at my hands in my lap. “The hole is inside of me. An emptiness that I can’t seem to get rid of. It’s eating me alive, Vanessa. It has stolen away my peace and happiness and I feel dead inside.”

She smiled at me sadly and breathed out a sigh. “I owe you an apology for how I treated you that night.”

I knew exactly which night she was talking about; it was the night of her birthday, when we had that fight. It was the night that my entire life changed, the night that I was kidnapped.

“It’s fine.” I looked up at her, giving her a small smile. And I was being honest. It was fine. I u