7. Trust

Rhianna's POV

"Are they telling me the truth? Can I trust them? What do you think, Nia?"

Shit. I almost forgot she wasn't here anymore. I miss Nia right now more so than before. She would know what to say to me, say to them. She would help me find out if they were really telling me the truth.

"Yes. Forrest is right. We will stay until you trust us enough to say what is really wrong. Rhianna... Deep in our hearts, we knew something was wrong and that you were hurting. We came back from Venice when we-" Fabian stopped again, and gave me a conflicted look.

My heart... it didn't feel so painful anymore, and I didn't feel so lonely. They came for me? But how? Why would they do it for someone they barely knew?

"What do you mean? Did you come from Venice for me? Why?" It made me even more befuddled... to learn more about them.

"Just..." Fabian trailed off, looking uncomfortable. I could see that he wanted to say so much, but he was hesitating. Maybe he didn't know whether to trust me