Chapter 229: Adelaide.

Diane visits me one last time in my dreams. She smiles at me and though my heart breaks, I smile back at her.

I know this is the end. This is the last time I will see her, and as we stand on the sandy beach, our eyes locked on each other and the resemblance undeniable, I let her embrace me as a mother would her child, and I cry so bad my heart feels like it’s going to break.

Diane kisses my forehead and wipes my tears,

“You’re stronger than your pain my love. You know that right?”

I want to nod. I desperately want to nod. The moment I saw Cain, the reality of what had happened to me seemed to come crashing down on me. The moment I saw Lyros instead of him, saw flashes of me and him behind my closed eyes each time I blinked….. How do I live with that?

How do I live with the knowledge of all the things I did with the man I hate? A man who used me?

I wish I could forget.

“This is fire Adelaide,” I clutch Diane closer as she pats my hair down, tears still streaming down my cheeks “Like g