58. Betrayals

(Vera)

I didn’t understand what Ezra was doing here or why he was talking about someone hurting Lili like he was talking about weather.

“He is a fucking traitor, and that is why… You would have understood it the moment he walked in if he was someone else,” Nova said with a hiss. She didn’t look too pleased to see him. I couldn’t believe what she was saying. I mean, he was my friend, wasn’t he? “No, he is not your friend. Faye is your friend, But Ezra walked away from you, not because he wanted to protect Lili, but because he is just like Hegen. He is the next Hegen. Do you remember when you met Ezra?”

I did remember. It was like a few years after Hegen died.

Faye had already become a part of our lives, with Hayden. We were a team of four, and we were happy in our little paradise. And then one night, I saw a hurt little girl. She was too little.

I gasped, and the pain in my chest was too much to bear. Why? Why did this keep happening to us?

Why must friends become enemies?

“Enemie