As Alice blinked, all the good mood drained from her face, right alongside the color. She looked at Julian with large doe eyes, quickly filling with tears.
“You’re leaving?”
“I’m sorry,” Julian said. “I wouldn’t go if I didn’t have to. But my mom needs me.”
“B-but I need you,” Alice said. “What about me?”
Instinctively, I inched closer to her. Yet when I tried to touch her back, she slunk away from me, not wanting to be touched. It hurt, but I kept my hand on the back of her chair instead.
“You have your mom here,” Julian said. His face was still blank. “And your uncle Rafael is nearby…”
Tears fell from Alice’s eyes. “You don’t even care!”
“I do,” Julian insisted, but I could see Alice’s confusion. With how very emotionless Julian was acting, it truly did seem like he was indifferen
