Chapter 113

SCARLETT

The drive to the grocery store was really short. Finn asked me to wait for him as he was only going to be in there for a few minutes. And while I did, I decided to check my phone. 

There was no text from Volkov. Just a text story on his Instagram page. I tapped on it and it read thus:

Life could come back at you, hit you right in the face, and leave you stunned and guilty. 

I turned off my phone and leaned back against the seat of the car. He was talking about today. It was all my fault. No matter how Finn tried not to make it, not my fault, I still felt this nudge. It made me feel really guilty. Maybe I shouldn't have. Maybe I should have just left things in the past.

But a part of me liked this. A part of me commended me for bringing them back together. Things had ended really badly between them both and Volkov had lived with a lie for almost a year. It was better he knew the truth. I just hope things got better from here because if