Turns Out, I Dodged Hell
"Go to sleep. When you wake up, it'll be a new day."
She tried to speak, but the blood choked it out. Just silent tears and a grip on my sleeve.
Then she was gone.
Terrance tapped my shoulder, gentle.
"Thinking about it again?"
Some people got their happy endings, others didn't.
Maybe it was always meant to go this way.
At least I wasn't stuck in that Spencer family nightmare anymore, living scared every second.
Now? I could finally breathe—with someone who actually loved me.
Total blessing in disguise.
I smiled, squeezing Terrance's hand.