Chapter 40

Iris sat re-thinking about her conversation with Lily, just a few hours ago, that had brought her to Dom’s room that night.

“Nobody’s going to tell you anything, Iris, no matter how hard you try!” said Lily to Iris that evening as a troubled Iris was walking barefoot on the beach sand.

Iris sighed, “What am I supposed to do? Lily, I am so confused, and seriously, I am a little hurt! Why won’t anybody just tell me the whole truth? I am not made of clay, I won’t crumble under the weight of the truth! I have survived Y. There isn’t much else that can faze me anymore. And I believe the truth is what I deserve at this point. I mean, I am about to be a member of this family. How am I supposed to be a part of this family whose members don’t even trust me with the truth? I feel like an outsider with all these secrets.”

Lily nodded understandingly and rubbed her back in a soothing manner, just like her therapist used to do when Lily felt chaotic due to her un-synced Dragon.