-Madeleine-
“Some days, when I was locked in my room and the rain started to fall, I’d sit on my balcony and watch it,” I said. “I didn’t have much else to do.”
I glanced at Evan, who was sitting across from me, leaning against the other side of the doorframe. His long legs stretched out on one side of me while mine extended on the other. Little Diva was curled up beside me, purring loudly as I ran my hand over her fur.
“There was something comforting about just listening to it,” I continued. “Sometimes Kate couldn’t sneak into my room, and she’d be locked in hers too.”
“Your mother should never have had children,” Evan said, his voice dark.
I smiled sadly and shook my head. “I don’t know about that. She might have been a good mother if she had followed her heart and mated with her tr
