Chapter 90

Irina:

“I, Irina La Rossa, vow to take your revenge,” I said, looking at my mother through the surgery room’s window.

Kai was tending to whatever he needed done, and I had everyone sent from here. I wanted, no, I needed to be alone, and I knew that everyone saw that. They saw my pain in my eyes, I didn’t need to tell them that I was hurting.

“You need to drink something,” Lea said, handing me a glass. I didn’t even know when the woman arrived, but she took a deep breath, clearly worried that I might throw the glass. The water would burn her and me, and the glass would most likely cut out skins. But right now, this was the least of my concerns, not when I had to worry about my mother like this.

I took the glass from her and took a sip, the warm liquid burnt my tongue, but I didn’t care. It was a reminder to me that I was alive. Something that I knew I needed.

“Do you want to talk about it?”

“What do you expect me to tell you, Lea?” I asked, putting the glass on the floor beside me. “Th