“See? Now you can’t be mad anymore. Once Alice is out of the hospital, we’ll all be together again as a family. This was just a misunderstanding. Yara just got back, she’s not familiar with the area. I couldn’t leave her alone. But from now on, I’ll be with Alice every day, okay?”
He looked at me like he expected everything to magically be fine, like he could fix it all with empty promises.
I stared at him, feeling nothing but disgust. His fake, apologetic smile only made me angrier.
“No, Cody. You’ve run out of chances.”
He frowned, clearly confused. “What do you mean, run out of chances? Once Alice is better, everything will go back to normal.”
In the past, his groveling and apologies might’ve worked.
But not anymore. I didn’t care about him or his excuses. Not after everything that had happened.
My daughter’s ashes hadn’t even been laid to rest, and I wasn’t going to waste my time playing his games.
“Move,” I said, my voice cold and sharp.
Cody’s patience snapped. He pointed at me, his voice rising in anger.
“Fine, Riley! Walk out that door and don’t come back!”
“Gladly.”
I didn’t even look at him as I walked out, slamming the door behind me.