Bianca
Without another glance at Isaac or Ella, I beelined for Vera. I needed to know exactly why she had come—why she had the audacity to show up here after everything.
“Vera—” I began as I approached, fully intending to give her what-for or maybe even slap her in public.
But before I could finish, she smiled warmly and threw her arms around me, hugging me tight. “Sister,” she breathed into my neck, her voice soft and melodic. “I’ve missed you. You look so beautiful.”
I froze, my arms awkwardly spread out to the sides. A blaze of hot fury burned through me, temporarily making me see red.
Vera and I had never liked each other. Not really. Not when her mother felt like a replacement for my own and my father had immediately chosen her as the golden child over me despite t
