Scarlett POV
At the door, Regina paused and turned back. "Scarlett, I raised you. I don't want you to have a hard life. Don't be silly anymore, child. You don't belong in a place like this. Think carefully about what I told you."
The door closed with a soft click.
I sat on the couch, staring at the closed door for a long time, unable to move.
Delaney came back about ten minutes later with two cups of coffee.
"What did she say?"
"Jaxen's mom called from Paris. She probably knows about the divorce, too."
Delaney sat next to me and handed me a coffee in front of my face. "And?"
"And Regina told her we're just messing around."
"Messing around," Delaney repeated the words, her voice full of disbelief. "Three years of marriage, almost killed by kidnappers, walking away with nothing, tha
