Chapter 36

"Zara!" I heard Elijah's voice call out in concern as I laid on the floor, crying into my hands uncontrollably, "what happened, Suzanne?" I felt him wrap his arms around me and pull me into his big chest and I responded by wrapping my arms around his neck.

"It's ok, shh," he soothed me, rubbing his hands on my back as he held me close and began to rock us back and forth as I buried my face in his neck, "it's going to be ok, I promise," he whispered in my ear as I cried silently into his shoulder.

Things couldn't possibly get any worse, I've lost everything. I've lost my mother, Junior, my reputation and everything in between. The only thing I had left behind was this baby and Elijah. "Everything's falling apart," I cried into his shoulder, gripping onto him desperately, hoping that he too wouldn't leave me, "she hates me...they all hate me," I didn't know how to deal with all of this. It all felt like too much.

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