Chapter 129

Valeria’s POV

Silence settled in the car, thick and uncomfortable. No one spoke; no one dared. I preferred it this way – their voices grated on me, reminders of everything I’d lost and everything they’d taken from me. I had no desire to reconnect or to forgive. Instead, I had my own plans, my own agenda. At the top of my list was vengeance.

I could almost see their faces, the ones who had wronge