Chapter 104 Chapter one hundred and four

Sydney's POV

"Bella, what are you doing here?" I yelled out, not too loudly but still emphatically enough that anyone passing by would be able to hear the disbelief thick in my voice.

I gasped loudly as Bella's palm suddenly struck me across the face, the stinging slap catching me completely unawares. I staggered back a step, reflexively raising a hand to cradle my smarting cheek.

"What the fuck was that for?" I asked hotly, my surprise quickly giving way to a flare of anger.

"Shut up," she hissed coldly. As usual she leveled an icy glare at me. "I go by Jessica now! I didn't think I'd need to spell that out for you."

Bella and I were sisters, but we had never truly gotten along well, not for even a single minute it seemed. I probably should have realized our unplanned reunion would bring me no joy or sense of reassurance. Instead of feeling safer in the presence of this particular devil I knew, she only increased my troubles. A devil will always be a devil, no matter how familiar.

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