#Chapter62

Her toes splashed against the cool water of the pool as Imara’s legs sliced back and forth, and her eyes rose to the sky. “I can’t do it anymore. Please, let me go home this time. Don’t make me come back.”

She heard the glass door shut behind her, and she fanned her face dry. The metal chair Thorin pulled with him scraped against the concrete until he sat down in it beside her. “Is there anything I can do for you, Imara?”

Her head nodded a little as she got lost in the ripples under her feet. “Are you going to tell me the truth now? I think...