LOGINANTOV’S POINT OF VIEW.I’d never felt betrayal.Not in its real sense anyway. When I was much younger, I thought my sister's marriage was a betrayal because younger me couldn’t understand why she would do that when we were so attached…not in a weird way; but because of the way I’d seen her, Kirill, and Tosha raise me; I never understood why she needed to marry.Not until I overheard why one night, while I tiptoed back into her mansion a year ago. I’d left a midnight rave, something she forbade me from attending, and was trying to make it past her very alert eyes when I heard her crying on the phone as she spoke to someone.That was also when I realised she was cheating on her husband.I’ve always hated people who cheat; not just in their marriage but in life, exams, games…everything. But for my sister, I made excuses.However, now that I see the only girl I’d ever loved…the one I so blatantly told my sister about while getting a gold necklace for a couple of days before we left Spain
CASSIA’S POINT OF VIEW.“It’s okay, little flame,” Viktor whispered while rubbing up and down my back as I sobbed in his scrubs. “You’re going to give yourself a headache if you keep crying so much.”“But it's all my fault.” I croaked, my voice hoarse from all the crying I did. “If only I had looked past my ego and just caught Sophia on time, none of this would have happened.” I stared at him, watching as his eyes ran all over my face. “But I was just so angry, even though I had no right to be. I’d pushed her to the wall, and she simply reacted, and even better than I’d expected.So why did I not just let the guards hold Sophia the second I saw her walk into the flat pretending to be Summer….it was because I was jealous…I’m a bad person, aren’t I?”“No….you’re not a bad person, baby.”“You’re only saying that cause we’re…” I started and trailed off….we weren’t dating…not officially anyway…and I didn’t want to demean what we had by using the term ‘fucking.’ So what are we?His eyes d
SUMMER’S POINT OF VIEW.Darkness has always felt safer than light.It’s the first thing I realised as consciousness drags me upward in its slow, heavy pull, like surfacing through cold molasses. My body doesn’t hurt yet….I’m too numb for pain. Too far under the deep cloud of torment, my sister and my mother imprisoned me in it. But even though I’m fighting my body’s jerk to wake up, something inside me aches anyway… a small, shaking animal curled behind my ribs, whispering, don’t wake up. Don’t look. Don’t find out he’s gone, too.Every guy I ever loved left me when things got hard.Every single one.Even the ones who swore they wouldn’t after I told them what Sophia did to me in my other relationships.And lying in this thick, sterile dark, I know….I am certain…that my husband must have done the same.Why would he stay? I’m broken. A burden. The weaker twin.I wouldn’t choose me if I got the chance.Sophia always got chosen in the end.A faint beeping pulls at me, and the sound of t
SOPHIA’S POINT OF VIEW.“Cheers, Sophia….to your never-ending reign.” My mother bowed, and for the first time since Summer stole my life, things felt right.I was about to respond to that, but the sound of the doorbell ringing stopped me. “Are you expecting anyone?” I asked with a frown.“No….maybe it's one of the neighbours.” “What the hell would they want?” I whispered, placing the glass down as I walked over to open it. “What am I….Officers?” I squeaked in shock at the sight of the same officers from earlier.Did something happen?As opposed to the panic flooding my heart, I smiled in a composed manner and said, “How may I help you? Do you need more testimonies of how unstable my sister is, so she can be taken from the station to a hospital faster?”“No….Um….Miss Rodriguez, this is a warrant.” They started, but I interrupted them with a laugh.“A warrant….Summer isn’t here though…. isn't she already locked up….maybe she escaped, but she wouldn’t come here?” “What's going on out t
SOPHIA’S POINT OF VIEW.“Cheers, Sophia….to your never-ending reign.” My mother bowed, and for the first time since Summer stole my life, things felt right.I was about to respond to that, but the sound of the doorbell ringing stopped me. “Are you expecting anyone?” I asked with a frown.“No….maybe it's one of the neighbours.” “What the hell would they want?” I whispered, placing the glass down as I walked over to open it. “What am I….Officers?” I squeaked in shock at the sight of the same officers from earlier.Did something happen?As opposed to the panic flooding my heart, I smiled in a composed manner and said, “How may I help you? Do you need more testimonies of how unstable my sister is, so she can be taken from the station to a hospital faster?”“No….Um….Miss Rodriguez, this is a warrant.” They started, but I interrupted them with a laugh.“A warrant….Summer isn’t here though…. isn't she already locked up….maybe she escaped, but she wouldn’t come here?” “What's going on out t
SOPHIA’S POINT OF VIEW.“You see….I told you we would get that bitch.” I giggled, closing the door as soon as the officers left the house. “Summer won't know what hit her. She’s going to spend the rest of her life in a fucking mental hospital.” My mother took a sip of the champagne she’d left out the second I notified her of the presence of the officers at our door. “You are the smartest of all my children…and hell, as far as I’m concerned, you are my only child!” She giggled along with me as we clinked our glasses in cheers. “I can't believe she dared try to steal what's mine….you would think she would finally understand her place after serving time in that rat hole for five years…..and mind you, it should have been fifty years…how did the damn judge fold?” I hissed at the memory. Summer would cry and bitch all she wants, but at the end of the day, she’s gonna do what she came into this world for.Live in my shadow and be the guinea pig I needed whenever I had to escape.If I nee







