Chapter 7

As soon as I got home, I called Flora. The moment she answered, I cut straight to the chase and pressed. "You've been in touch with Hector, haven't you?"

There was a moment of silence on the line. "Yes," Flora admitted. "He reached out to me on WhatsApp and asked about you. Sia, I can tell he's remorseful."

"Regret or not, you had no right to contact him behind my back," I snapped, trembling with anger. "It took me so much courage to take this step, and now I feel utterly betrayed by the friend I trusted most."

"I just…