Chapter 8. Healing with the Devil

Sienna

“So, did you have fun last night?” Mom asked, casually flipping through a book as if she weren’t prying into my soul.

Dad had already gone to the office by the time I returned home, and surprisingly, neither of them had said a word about me being gone all night. Not even a complaint. Maybe they assumed I’d stayed at Kelly’s like I usually did sometimes.

“Yeah,” I answered, though the bitterness in my voice betrayed me.

Technically, I had fun—if you ignored the first part where I caught my boyfriend cheating on me. After Alex… well, everything after that was a blur of…dangerous pleasure?

“Where did you stay last night? At Kelly’s or Ryatt’s?” Mom pressed, her tone light. “Let me guess—at Ryatt’s. Since it was your birthday!” She sang the last part, grinning.

If only.

She couldn’t have been more wrong. But I didn’t blame her. Even I didn’t understand my choices anymore. The man I loved had betrayed me with the woman I trusted mor