Chapter 228 Liar

• Audrey
• The girl’s question seemed to hang in the air, making the nearby guests go silent. Or maybe it was just the sound of my own blood rushing through my ears that was drowning everything else out.
• “I… Um…” I stammered, unsure of what to say. The little girl’s enormous eyes were pleading, tiny hands clasped together, and the thought of telling her ‘no’—telling her that I wouldn’t heal her, not because I didn’t want to but because I couldn’t—seemed impossible.