Ultimate Boss Fight
THE RELIEF I'D FELT over Branden coming to see me had vanished quickly. As I now realized Salma had booked this room for us to share, I felt trapped. The more time I spent with him, the more anger I felt over how quick he’d been to condemn me. Yet here we were, sharing this small space.
"Look, I know you're upset and I'm sorry."
I looked at him, exhaustion washing over me. "That's a bit of an understatement. You broke my heart. And what's worse, the moment we ran into a problem, you once again treated me like crap. You didn't even want to hear me out."
"Yeah, I know." He ran both hands through his hair. He was overdue for a cut. "The video, Simon. That was brutal to watch. That broke my heart."
I turned my back on him. "But I didn't do anything wrong. People do tha
