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THE WEIGHT OF BETRAYAL

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CHAPTER 41

MIRA

Mira stood in her room, her heart pounding as she zipped up her jacket, the decision to go to the arcade with Ethan weighing heavy. Rachel’s tearful warning that morning —Sofia orchestrating the anonymous messages, manipulating Jake, the guy in the black hoodie, to scare her—had left her shaken, but anger burned hotter than fear. The latest message—“The truth is out, and I’m coming for you”—felt like a dare, and Mira refused to hide. She’d convinced Ethan to go to the arcade, not to fall into Sofia’s trap, but to confront her, to make her face the truth Rachel had uncovered. Max’s invitation had seemed innocent, but knowing he was working with Sofia, even under police orders, made her stomach twist.

She clutched her mom’s necklace, its familiar weight a tether to her courage, but the memory of the party last summer—Sofia’s sweet drink, the dizziness, the pool, Jake’s shadow—surged back, a wound reopened by Rachel’s revelation. Dad and Miss Katy had urged her to stay ho
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