The Silhouette of Us
It was an audio recording from the hospital solarium.
Jillian clicked play. The static hissed, and then Victoria’s elegant, cruel voice echoed through the high-end desktop speakers:
"You will look Jillian Michaels in the eye and tell her a lie so brutal, so ugly, that she will never want to see your face again... Shatter her heart so completely that she accepts the Vanguard marriage without looking back."
Then, Clara’s voice broke through the static—fractured, weeping, and completely undone: "No... I won't do it. I won't do that to her."