Lily’s breath catches, and for a moment, her gaze flickers to me before snapping back to the pendant hanging from Jude's wrist. The one she saw me wear. The one she once wanted to take from me.
I see it in her eyes—how the memory hits her, and how I hesitated because Jude had given it to me. It was mine. He’d purchased it with his money. The first real money he’d earned.
And then I’d thrown it at him—not handed, but thrown it while he stood outside, and shut the window in his face, causing him to fall.
How heartless was that?
“You…” Lily starts, voice faltering, but she quickly catches herself. “Where did you get that?”
I see the wheels in Jude’s mind turn as he tries to make the connection, his eyes flicking briefly to notice the alarm in mine. “Do you like it?”
“Yeah, of course! I
