Troubled Heart
And she was walking into a confrontation that could burn her just like that cabin had.
I scanned every page twice, then saved copies on a flash drive, in the encrypted cloud, and on the hard drive—triple redundancy. I wasn’t taking chances.
My eyes were dry when I closed the notebook, but my spine felt like steel. My fingers trembled, but my hands moved with certainty. This wasn’t just about Makayla anymore. It was about truth. And I was going to make sure it couldn’t be buried again.
I closed the final upload file and leaned back in my chair, letting the silence settle over me like fresh snow. My fingers hovered above the keyboard, muscles twitching with adrenaline, my heart hammering benea
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