69. A letter to write

Damon Valentino

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I had known they weren’t going to find anything on Dahlia and me but I was still relieved when I got the email that their investigation was over. It was incredibly careless of them to end it without looking hard enough but it worked for me so I was grateful.

I had an exam to supervise today, but even as I did, I kept thinking about Dahlia and the bruise on her neck. I knew Roman had been the one to do that to her and it angered me more than I’d like to admit.

I had to strongest urge to help rearrange his face when I saw his hand on her wrist and after seeing that he had choked her, I was close to actually doing it. I knew if I started, I wouldn’t be able to stop until he was lying helpless and lifeless on the floor; until he could no longer be able to hurt Dahlia.

It took all in me to turn away from him and look at the girl who had been making an appearance in all of my dreams; the ones I remembered anyway.

After the exam came to an end and all the students handed