Chapter 12

• ELIZA
• I wrapped myself in my robe, the lingering chill of the water clung to my skin, prickling with the memory of the day’s humiliations. I had barely finished fastening the sash when my phone rang, piercing the stillness of the room. Vanessa’s name flashed on the screen, her timing as impeccable as it was irritating. She had taken me shopping earlier today, so why was she calling so late? After all the reason I lost my soon to be husband was at the store as well.
• Given the spectacle Raina had made of us at the store, the humiliation. The experience was no where pleasant. Vanessa calling me now felt like salt on an open wound. My fingers hovered over the screen, torn between ignoring it and giving her a piece of my mind, but I eventually relented, swiping to answer.