CHAPTER 17

" I wasn't lying. " Kathy said in a dead little voice. She was seated beside Yuri on the sofa, her body stiff and tense, and Yuri had to clench his fists as he fought the urge to tell her it was okay and she had nothing to worry about. Around them, the silence was more introspective than heavy in spite of the dim lighting and drawn out shades turning the room's floral wallpaper into obscure figures in the shadows. The only other sound in the room, aside from Kathy's voice, came from the metronome on the coffee table, it's rhythmic swinging making Yuri think of a ticking bomb. In front of them, Dr. Miller, the therapist of Aria Denice Redfield (Kellion's Girlfriend) had referred to them, only nodded and scribbled something on her note pad. Kathy's tone became fierce. " I wasn't the one who wrote the words on the mirror. " Yuri's face remained expressionless. Accord