Chapter 102

SCARLETT

After speaking with Raya, I felt a lot closer to her than I had been the first time we met. She bared her soul to me. She told me everything she had been holding back, things she couldn't tell Finn or her mother.

For the first time in my life, I felt like someone you could look up to for emotional support. I felt like someone who could be there for someone else. Someone who could listen and empathize with me, and Raya had made me feel that way. 

We were laughing over one of her very sad ordeals and I felt oddly comfortable with her way of processing things. 

"And Volkov," I wiggled my brows at her, not minding if the mention of his name made her face tight with sorrow. "If you could see him someday, what would you tell him?"

She shrugged. "I really don't know. Fuck you for not finding out I had cancer?"

I frowned at her. "Okay, let me put it this way. Let's say Volkov calls you or sends you a text out of the blue, what would you