Chapter 27

ALICE'S POV

I did not cry. There was no reason for me to cry. I just kept laying on my bed until the night lights were turned off and then the sun started illuminating everything.

All I could think about was the fact that I was fooled worse than I thought earlier. But then sometimes I thought that if Damien had not picked me like this, I would have never been able to pay my Father's medical bills.

So in the end, meeting Damien Knight Castillo was a worst curse and an unimaginable blessing.

Sighing, I rubbed my eyes that were burning with tiredness and lack of sleep. My foot was hurting, but I never took the pain killers that doctor gave me yesterday.

Sometimes, physical pain makes you forget about the emotional one. It makes you go numb to the things going on with you. That's what happened to me. My mind was numb now.

Out of a sudden, I heard the door opening but I could not see anything because