Chapter 32

AURORA. After returning home and chatting a bit with Lola, I took the time to tidy up my surroundings, hoping to find some solace in the familiar orderliness of my space. I had plans to sleep early, a chance to catch up on rest after the emotionally charged events of the day. Yet, the more I tried to will myself to sleep, the more elusive it became. The weight of Thane’s stipulation hung heavily in my thoughts. He didn’t want to see me. I almost laughed but then I realized it wasn’t funny. I should be the one who did not want to see him. Hadn’t he requested fifty thousand dollars in ‘damages’? Had he not called me promiscuous? The man was full of shit. But I couldn’t complain, I thought as I got into bed at night. He’d agreed to pay my Abuela a visit and for that, I could afford to look away just this once. But if I ever saw him, if we were ever in the same space, I would not hesitate to give him a piece—or a few pieces of my mind. The night seemed to go on forever as I lay in bed