"No…" I gasped, the letter falling to the floor. I felt frozen. I couldn't move. Or could I? I forced my numb legs to move, and my arms to reach for the doorknob behind me. His presence was everywhere. I just had to do this…I took my ring and clenched it in my fist, watched myself throw it out a window in frustration…and so many emotions I didn't know I was capable of having. I thought I heard someone faintly complain of something landing on their head. Mom, I thought. I heard footsteps heading in my direction, and I spun to see…Ella.
"Are you all right?" she asked, carefully approaching me.
"Just great, never better," I lied. "I was just in…that room over there," I explained, refusing to say his name.
"You mean Fang's room?" she inquired, a smile of amusement springing up on her face. The throbbing emptiness somewhere in my chest split open my now torn heart. I gasped, trying to compose myself. Something in my face must have given me away.
"Are you sure you're okay? Mom says a ring landed on her head. It looks like the one that Fang gave you not too long ago," I winced at the mention of him again. I struggled to pull together a smile. I nodded, not trusting my voice at the moment. I muttered to my half sister that I was tired. I turned away and walked into my room, shutting the door behind me. I crawled into bed and pulled the covers over my head. Maybe this was all just a dream.