s off his brother, Dim

ut, Pa

itri

Patr

eel it from afar. And before going towards the door, with

liana. And this is not a

ing at Juliana or Dimitri. With only his towel on, and before leaving, as if delivering one last blow to an opponent, Patrick

emember something she might have said to Patrick while she was dru

ur secrets

ur secrets

ur secrets

ur secrets

r security. She felt vulnerable, she felt exposed...in ways sh

a wa

a wa

a wa

a wa

even more, if that could be possible, Juliana went to the bathroom, and

ing the room? She was no longer sure that she was safe. The uncertainty of what Patrick knew about her, the countless possibilities of w

allowed herself to linger in the shower longer than necessary. She didn't want to face Dimit

oom as soon as everything was quiet, and m

window, looking out, on his back. The suitcases already packed beside the suite doo

I expect to receive the signed divorce contra

u hate me,

rything I had crumble before my eyes without being able to do anything abo

as water to Juliana... and deep insi

thirty days, meant. But nothing compared to what she felt when she thought about what Patrick knew abou

*

ly alone, Dimitri had left just after dawn, and unti

room. She had often found herself wondering what the play

ith for only a few more days and who she didn't intend to see again in her life. Juliana had held the doorknob of the bedroom door for longer than it

losed the door and ran to her own room, and was

oused in her innermost being, she decided that the best thing she could do was

t of what she herself might have told him while she was drunk haunted her. S

he thought of what Patrick knew and what she might do, Juliana was pacing back

needed to confront him, and s

trying to hide, Juliana opened the door and followed the sound of P

tri

surprise! After three days you

know about

worried,

o you know abou

r to disguise her concern, but nothing cam

the way, I believe your attire is completely inappropriate for the party

t pa

al Dimitri to do that. Let's go. Cha

y is this,

l. And hurry up, I don't have all

of party is this that they

sense. But she knew that if Dimitri was at the family party alone, soon thei

back in a

er closet she looked for a dress that woul

of not knowing what she would face at that damned part