An hour later, the tears on my face hadn’t yet dried up when I started crying again.

Just as I was about to wipe away my sorrows, a message from an unknown sender chimed from my phone. “Are you okay?” it says, “I’ve heard about your operation, Lilly.”

I snorted. Who could that be? Surely, it can’t be Gideon’s stepfather—

I put down my phone instantly when my ears were disturbed by those moans again. Moans that came only from being fucked.

I leaned into the wall and listened. I knew those moans; it was Rose’s voice.

I’m very sure of it. 

I sat in the silence, my hands clenched...