Locked in Silence
As my eyes adjusted, I slowly lowered my hand.
I opened my mouth, but it was useless—I was mute.
Stephen couldn't see my sign language in the dark, and I had no way to make him understand.
I had tried before—filling pages with explanations, pouring my innocence onto paper. But he tore them apart, never reading a word.
Again and again, he demanded to know why I hurt Phoebe. And again and again, I screamed silently in my heart that I didn't do it.
It didn't matter. He didn't care if I was guilty or innocent. All he wanted was to punish me in Phoebe's name.
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