_Killian’s POV_
Sophia sat on the cold hospital floor, her face buried in her hands. Her entire body trembled as sobs racked through her. The hallway was eerily quiet except for the muffled sounds of doctors rushing around. I crouched down next to her, my mind spinning with everything I had just heard.
“Aaron,” I muttered, the name tasting like venom on my tongue. “How do you know him, Sophia? How did you even get involved with someone like that?”
She wiped her tear-streaked face with shaky hands and looked up at me, her eyes bloodshot. “It wasn’t supposed to be like this,” she whispered, her voice barely audible. “I never thought it would go this far.”
“That’s not an answer,” I said, my voice harder now. “Tell me everything.”
She nodded, taking a deep breath as if bracing herself. “I
