Chapter 162. Absentees

ADELINE’S POV

It has been a week since I spoke to Colton and convinced him not to kill himself. I feel so happy that he decided to make this decision. He and I have been speaking every day and I realized that I actually didn’t forget how to be a therapist. I’ve been being a friend to him, and I’ve been helping him go through the way in his head while simultaneously battling with mine.

It hasn’t even been a month since I left erotica. Everything is still fresh to me. The memories, the scars it left on my soul. Dante and Liam have been here for me all through the way. They’re always checking up and me and making sure I am okay. I tell them not to worry too much because if healing will ever come, it will be from within. They have to rest, too, and I feel bad when they worry about me all the time like this.

Detective Kent also pays me a visit from time to time. He has become close friends with Dante and Liam now, and I told him about my plan to start my own litt