She turned."Bitch!" I yelled after her. "You don't scare me! Wait until my Dad comes! You'll be sorry!"She just laughed, loud and mocking as I was pulled away. I did resist, and as she ordered they cuffed me and dumped me inside of a cell. I snarled running to the door and screaming after them."L
VivianI stormed out of Renee’s hospital room, every muscle in my body wired tight. I couldn’t believe it. That little liar—lying there like some tragic heroine while I tried to offer her grace, and for what? So she could throw it in my face again? If I knew she would be this ungrateful for the hono
I barely heard James’s acknowledgment before the next alert buzzed in. A text from an unfamiliar number flagged by my emergency contact chain.Ms. Renee Mountainhowl was admitted to Brightclaw Medical ten minutes ago. She collapsed at work. Dehydration, exhaustion, possible stress-related complicati
DominicI clicked on the audio file and waited for it to d******d. When the message from Arielle finished d******ding as I rubbed the bridge of my nose, my jaw aching from how tight I was clenching it. I opened it, it was labeled with an exhibit number and today's date.Arielle's message was short.
The lid wasn’t flush the way I’d closed it.I frowned, lifting it slowly, sniffing. There was a chemical bitterness beneath the usual dark roast. I turned toward the little container from home: a muffin and some sliced fruit Arielle had forced on me.The plastic seal was peeled back.I didn’t even
ReneeBy the end of lunch, I was jittery from too much coffee and not enough food, but it didn’t matter. I still had three deadlines stacked like bricks on my shoulders and a meeting to make in less than ten minutes, a few minutes after my lunch would be over.My phone buzzed as I stepped out of the