Chapter 9: Goodbye.

MIA. I packed my bags frantically, tears in my eyes as I moved back and forth between the closet and the bed. I realized I had to be quick because I didn't want to see him. "Mia." Alice called, hovering around me like a cloud. "Can you just take a moment and breathe? I understand how overwhelming you feel right now but please—" "Do you?" I snapped back at her. A sniffle went up my nose. "Do you, really?" I wasn't being rude. I just didn't think anyone could understand the kind of pain I was in. The level of betrayal that stung my heart, the lies and deceit. Thinking you know someone and then being utterly wrong in the most devastating way. "Lucien killed my father and he lied about it, the man I love killed my father. Can you say that?" I turned to Alice and the tears streamed down my cheeks. She pushed a hard lump down her throat. "At least, let me get your head checked out. You fell pretty badly and you're still bleeding," She offered. I shook my head, reverting back to the closet. I