Chapter 80: Just a bit

Serena stood there, unmoving for a moment, heart pounding.

When she returned inside, Marcella was on the floor of the kitchen, sitting with her back against the cabinets, her shoulders trembling as she cried silently.

“I didn’t mean to,” she kept whispering. “I didn’t mean to…”

Serena knelt beside her but didn’t speak right away.

“Is he alright?” Marcella asked, lifting her tear-stained face.

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