I was done being the scapegoat. First, him, then the blackmailer who was behind him, and the truth I got from Matteo.
It was always him. Because of him, I got trapped in this circle. I would have successfully divorced him. Should have denied Grandpa Albert's request to help him. All of it would have been avoided if I had refused to be part of his family...part of him.
That's when Dave's voice rang into my ear.
"We know that you are hurt, but we can't just switch that off. Elena, we are not asking you to..." Dave frowned slightly as he tried stepping forward.
"Yes, you are," I said, my tone firmer than I intended, with a hint of simmering anger inside me.
"You both are. Maybe not directly, but your eyes say it. You want me to come back. To be the same person I was before everything went wrong, but I am not her anymore." The words hurt to say, but they were the truth. It got harder by every passing second to hold it in anymore.
