Chapter 53

“I’ve known you for a while, Rhea. You can’t bullshit me.”

“What do you expect me to say, Declan? That I’m not okay? That my mother is depressed and barely eats? Isn’t this what you wanted? For me to suffer? So, why are you acting like you care right now when we both know you don’t!”

“Rhea!” My mother shrieked from the doorway, her eyes large and alert. “How dare you speak to him like that!”

“Mom…