Chapter 15

VIOLET’S POV My eyes were open for most of the night as it dragged on, and I couldn’t wait for the sun to wake and rise along with the world. My mind played clips from all that transpired during the games and banquet, like it was on a repeat. Sometimes, I found myself smiling at a thought; the thought of course, involving the triplets, and other times, when Sam’s face came to view, anger would be the only emotion I would feel. And in that moment, I found myself creating more scenarios where he would be at my mercy, and the damage I would cause would be far more humiliating than the one he actually got. I wanted him to pay for hiding the truth and running a lie that ruined my life for eight years. I wanted to see him suffer and I would only hear about it but not be in the picture. I rolled off my bed, eyes holding exhaustion that should have gotten the bliss that was sleep and a break from a mind that was running – both never a good combination – and I sat watching the window. For a mom