A R I A N A Two days. It had been two days since I ran from my father's office, two days hiding in Natalie's small apartment and two days of jumping at every sound, afraid my father or Dante would find me. I am suprised my father didn’t come looking for me. Normally he’d send the guards to track me down and bring me back whenever we get outbursts like this. But the incident two days back, it change everything… and there was no fixing things. My phone buzzed. It was my lawyer. "The divorce papers are ready, Ms. Melendez. I can send them to you." My heart did a strange little flip, this was it the end I texted him back to send them to Natalie's address. I sat on Natalie's couch, hugging a pillow to my chest as I thought about everything. The forced marriage, the cold contract, the

