Chapter 64

• He got me gifts. A horde of presents that seemed like an apology for his lack of love for me. I may have accepted them graciously but when I looked at them, I felt my stomach twist and my heart hardened.
• There were several pieces of jewellery, a car key and a tablet with a score of pretty pink accessories. They were good gifts, great gifts if I pretended they were not to apologize for him not loving me, but when I looked at the stack of first edition comic books, the dozens of white roses and the little card on them that read ‘You are my Sunshine,’ I wanted to smash something.
• One would ask what was wrong with receiving such sentimental gifts but they were things that had Jackson written all over them. When I first saw the pile of comics, I thought for a minute that Jackson had found another way of reaching me and terrorizing me but these gifts were from Valens and were delivered by his Beta.