Beyond Caring

Audrey gripped my hand with bruising force. Her eyes went wide with sheer terror, expecting me to make a massive, humiliating public scene the moment I processed the sight of Declan with another woman. "Serena, I am so sorry. I had no clue," she stammered out, frantically pulling at my arm as if I were a bomb about to detonate in the middle of the restaurant.

I reached out and patted her tremblin