Orelia Foster never thought that she would escape.
She never thought that one day, someone would come and take her away from the man who's had her most of her life.
Who only cares about the money he can make off of her.
That's how most foster par...
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❀ 𝑂 𝑅 𝐸 𝐿 𝐼 𝐴 ❀ (Heartburn - Wafia)
When I got back into Vera's car, I think she knew not to try and talk to me. I think she knew that the conversation I had with Rogue wasn't one that she was hoping.
I had pulled my legs up onto the seat, hugging them close to my chest as I leaned my head against the cold glass window.
What did this mean?
He's lying to me and not just some small lie. It's a big lie. I just know it.
And it's somehow connected to Amelia? To that forest? To that little boy I saw in my dreams?
That little boy...
But that doesn't make any sense.
I squeeze my eyes shut for a moment, trying to shake those thoughts out of my head.
Without looking at Vera I mumble "Do you mind if I spend the night? At yours?"
"Of course." She says almost immediately and I would smile if it didn't feel like my heart had been split in two.
I ask her to stop by Leon's first before we go to her house and she changes direction, my eyes nearly closing on the ride there from how sleepy I am.
I'm not a big fan of this thing where I'm so infatuated by this boy. My heart aches when he looks at me. When he talks to me... when he touches me.
But it also aches when he lies to me. When he looks me in my eyes and straight up lies.
What he said right before I left flashes through my head.
"I don't want to lie to you, Orelia. I don't want to be alone"
Then why do you still do it?
Why wont you just tell me the truth?
Why, if you don't want to be alone, make me feel more lonely than I've ever felt in my entire life?
I press my cheek to my pulled up knee, squeezing my eyes to make sure a tear doesn't slip out.
❀
We make it back to Leon's house and before Vera can say anything, I hurry to open the door and jump out.
I don't want anyone to see my tears. Not about him. Not right now.
