Chapter 4
I bit my lip, taking a long time before I could speak. “Yes… he’s fallen for someone else. Callum, I don’t want to be with him anymore.”
Hearing my confirmation, Callum’s breathing became heavy with anger, even through the phone.
“Let me come get you, okay? I’ll bring you to Berlin. Sienna, don’t cry. I promise I’ll find you someone a thousand–no, ten thousand–times better than that
worthless piece of shit Dominic.” Callum tried to comfort me, his voice softening as if afraid of making me feel worse.
Actually, I’d been doing much better these past few days. It was just hearing
Callum’s voice that made all the hurt surface again.
Since childhood, my parents and brother had always spoiled me. I’d never experienced any real hardship.
Only with Dominic did I suffer. He couldn’t see my worth. Anytime something
involved Faye, regardless of who was at fault or whether I was even involved, he would blame me and make me apologize.
I had considered leaving him before, but I’d loved Dominic for so many years. He’d
been in my life since birth.
Cutting him loose seemed impossible.
So I kept trying to convince myself that Dominic truly loved me, that his feelings for Faye were only sympathy, and that we’d get married after graduation.
Until this incident, when both Faye and I fell into the water, and he chose to save
her without hesitation.
He knew perfectly well I couldn’t swim. He knew I had a terrible trauma from nearly drowning as a child.
Yet he abandoned me without a second thought.
If my friends hadn’t rescued me, I would likely be dead.
The feeling of nearly dying was terrifying. It finally woke me up to the truth:
Dominic didn’t love me.
So I was done with him.
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Gripping my phone tightly, I spoke softly, “I’ll… come as soon as I handle things here. Callum, please don’t tell Mom and Dad. I don’t want them to worry.” Dad had a quick temper, and I was afraid if he knew, he’d immediately fly back. This was between Dominic and me—I didn’t want it to destroy the relationship
between our parents.
“Silly sister, I’ll be waiting for you… we won’t stand for this bullshit.” Callum comforted me for a long time, mostly cursing Dominic as a heartless bastard. Listening to him made me feel much better.
Soon, I would be home with my parents and brother.
Before leaving, I’d make sure everything here was properly taken care of.
I checked myself out of the hospital and returned to the apartment. It was eerily empty–Dominic wasn’t there.
But there were signs someone had been staying there. I even found long strands of hair in the bathroom. I hadn’t been home for days, and I was obsessively clean
-I would never leave hair on the floor.
This could only mean one thing… while I was in the hospital, Dominic had brought Faye to our home.
I shook with rage. How could Dominic do this? He knew I’d nearly drowned and was injured, yet he hadn’t shown even a hint of concern. Instead, he’d brought Faye to our home!
Even though I’d already given up on him, I still felt like my heart was being
crushed.
Not only that—my closet and dressing table had been rifled through. The set of sapphire jewelry my parents gave me for my eighteenth birthday was missing. That set was worth several hundreds of millions of dollars and was my most cherished possession!
With trembling hands, I pulled out my phone and called Dominic. “Where are
you?!”
Dominic seemed startled by my voice, but didn’t act like he’d done anything wrong.
Instead, he responded defensively: “Oh, so you remember to come home now?
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at the college masquerade ball. Faye mentioned she’d never been to one before,
so I…”
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