Emily’s povThe night air was sharp against my skin, but it did nothing to cool the fire burning inside me. My heels clicked angrily against the pavement as I stormed down the driveway, each step heavier than the last. Behind me, I could still hear the faint hum of whispers, the echo of Sophie’s pitiful sobs, and my parents’ condemning silence.Of course, they believed her. They always did.I clenched the papers in my hands until they crumpled. I could taste the bitter humiliation on my tongue.Family? She dared to call us family.A laugh broke out of me, wild and raw, echoing in the still night. My own voice sounded foreign, like it belonged to someone else, like someone who is broken. My chest rose and fell in jagged waves, and for a second, I considered turning back and shoving every one of those words down Sophie’s lying throat but then I saw her face in my mind, her fake tears, her fragile trem
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