You are nothing to me.

Karina

Waking up early wasn't hard to do, especially with Levi as my alarm clock of sorts. While my baby was sated for the day, I was on a mission of my own.

After last night I was more than eager to do more than staying within the four walls of my room. The reminder of his tone was what set me off.

Call it anger or annoyance, but I wasn't going to let him get the last laugh.

How dare he be angry at me for interacting with his parents? Such a thought was irrational to me. Most if all, he was the last person I would have thought would do that.

‘You're nothing to me.’

A knot formed at the base of my throat. I ignored it in lieu of dressing up in more appropriate clothes than pyjamas. None if that mattered now.

I took one last look in the mirror, repeating Isabella and Sam's words of trust in my head like a mantra to prepare me for the day. Picking up Levi, we both headed downstairs.

I wasn't fully present in time for the breakfast, but on arrival, I only met two figures there.

“Connor s