Shattered Wings: A Dark Mafia Romance (Feathers and Thorne Series Book 3) by Ivy Black & Raven Scott

Author:Ivy Black & Raven Scott [Black, Ivy & Scott, Raven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ivy Black
Published: 2024-03-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Isabella

“Sam will be back.” Anita sets the bowl down on the nightstand next to me and perches on the edge of the bed. “Even sisters fight.”

I twist a loose thread around my finger. “We’ve never had a fight like this before.”

Anita sighs. “Things have been tense. A lot has happened to both of you. It’s a lot of change. It’s okay if the two of you need a minute to adjust.”

I keep twirling the loose thread and look up at Anita’s kind face. “How are you so sure she’s going to come back?”

“She might be mad at you or upset even, but it doesn’t mean she doesn’t love you anymore. It doesn’t just go away overnight or after one fight.”

I sniff and stop twirling the thread. “It did with Carter.”

Anita reaches across the bed for my hand. “Sweetheart, Carter still loves you. I know it. Just because he needs some space to figure things out doesn’t mean how he feels about you has changed.”

I search Anita’s face. “What if it has?”

What if I have no family left outside of the baby growing inside of me? How am I going to do any of it on my own?

It’s one thing for me to decide to leave Carter and raise the baby on my own, a decision I had gone back and forth on several times. It’s another thing entirely for Carter to leave me behind and leave me questioning everything between us.

Of all the scenarios I imagined, being confined to Anita’s house and dreading the outside world wasn’t one of them. I hate how weak and dependent I am, mostly because I know the baby deserves better.

Anita squeezes my hand. “If Carter doesn’t love you anymore, then I trust he’ll do the right thing, and he’ll come back, and he’ll tell you.”

A single tear slides down my cheek. “And he’ll kick me out, and the baby and I will have nowhere to go.”

Anita frowns. “Isabella, you know me well enough to know that I don’t turn my back on family. Even if things don’t work out between you and Carter, it doesn’t mean you aren’t still one of us. You and that baby will always have a place here with me.”

I swallow past the lump in my throat.

Anita drifts closer and takes my other hand in hers. When she smiles, it’s full of so much love and understanding that I can’t help but smile back.

“But we’re assuming the worst-case scenario here,” Anita continues in a softer voice. “And I don’t know about you, but I like to stay positive.”

“It’s been hard to do that, especially lately.”

Anita leans forward and tucks my hair behind my ear. “Well, of course, it has, sweetheart. You’ve been through a lot in the past few months. You’ve been kidnapped, abused, tortured, threatened, and you’ve lost your dad. Going through any of those things is enough to break a person, but look at you. You’re still standing.”

“Barely,” I whisper before averting my gaze. “Sam is right.

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