My heart stopped beating and I slumped against the ground.

Surely, Atlas couldn’t say that. Right? That voice didn’t even really sound like him.

Atlas was never cold. He loved me, he…

My mind drifted to when he returned from the Island, it was a complete contrast to when he came to the courtroom. It felt like there were two different Atlas.

I didn’t know who was speaking and that thought broke me all over again.

“We have your wife. Are you sure you don’t —”

The line died before the man could finish and he groaned, marching over to me.

He grabbed my hair and I winced. “I guess...