Impostor's Vow
You are a monster, her mind whispered, a cold, unyielding judgment echoing through her thoughts.
She had used Autumn’s true absence—those three agonizing months where her sister lay in a cold, lonely Italian morgue—to build a fortress for her own lies.
She had taken the raw, bleeding trauma of her twin's death and spun it into a romantic narrative about a lonely wife finding solace in charcoal sticks.
Sadie wasn't just comforting an imposter; she was actively mourning a fictional version of Autumn's suffering, all while the real survivor sat right beneath her nose, absorbing a love she had completely stolen.