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Sarah drained the last of her wine, relishing the taste, but most of all the spiraling sense of power inside her. The triplets were imploding, their bond dissolving in the fight against one another over Axel. Soon, with her help, they would be shattered beyond repair. A private smile twisted her lips as thoughts of the ways this could be manipulated swirling in her head.It had to be that same man, the Axel she had dealt with before. And if it was, then he would remember her. He'd remember the power she had over him. Sarah's smile deepened. It all would fall into place tomorrow.The Next Day , The Meeting with AxelThe rooftop bar hummed low with the murmur of voices and the soft clinking of glasses. Outside, the city sparkled in the evening light, but Sarah wasn't interested in the view. She sat in a corner, twirling a cocktail stirrer between her fingers as she scanned the crowd for the man who could turn it all her way.The pulse quickened in anticipation. Her mind replayed the mes
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Axel, confidence faltered as he replayed the events of the night. Sarah had made him see a little more than just a tangled web in the way that his position was precarious. He had been walking a tightrope with these sisters, weaving the fabric of lies between them, and now with Sarah, everything was just too close to unravel. She was right there, watching him, waiting for him to slip up.He walked through the night, the great city lights casting their long shadows everywhere, but his mind continued to circle back to Sarah even as he walked toward his next encounter with Jade. Sarah's message had been clear: continue to try to drive a wedge between the sisters. But Axel knew the first rule of being a very good puppet: don't be anyone's puppet. He had his own agenda, though for the time being, he knew it was important to stay one step ahead of her.Jade's message now weighed on him, dragging him back into the immediate. What did she want? Was she growing suspicious, or was this another o
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Jade paced her room long after Axel was gone, the friction of their conversation humming in her veins. The memory hung in the air, an almost palpable charge: his steady gaze, his challenging words, the subtle but unmistakable glint of approval in his eyes. He saw her; truly, he saw her in a way her sisters never had. And that small flicker of acknowledgment of recognition made her powerful, more powerful than she'd felt in years.Her hands quivered, the surge of adrenaline running through her as her fists curled and flexed. First time out of the shadows, first time she had ever proclaimed her intention. No more the quiet, ignored sister who tried to maintain peace between Jayla and Jasmine. No more the sister who faded into the background while her sisters took whatever caught their fancy.This time, I'm taking what's mine.A fuse of jealousy, betrayal, and ambition boiled inside her like a storm. All these years, she was content to remain neutral, to keep her own emotions corked whil
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Back in Sarah's apartment, in the dark, Sarah's fingers ran over the torn photograph of the triplets: Jayla, Jasmine, and Jade. Their torn smiles staring at her mockingly, their once perfect blissfully ignorant existence belittling her. A grin spread across her face as she reveled in the power she had over their lives now. All that covetousness and resentment finally boiled over, and now she was in control. Now she had the upper hand.She watched the photo flutter to the floor with a quick flick of her wrist and kicked it aside. The clacking of her heels on hardwood was satisfying and controlled. The word rang inside her head like some mantra begging her heartbeat to steady. Axel's message had smoothed her nerves, but the number wouldn't shake from her mind, it was a shadow that followed her closely at her back.She paced around the room, reaching for and pouring another glass of juice in a single fluid motion; its deep red liquid swirled inside the tumbler, much like the storm that w
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Sarah paced back and forth across the darkened apartment, her mind racing after the words Axel had texted. The words on the screen felt cold and detached, more warning than a promise. "Don't keep me waiting." Her fingers hovered over the phone, aching to shoot off another message, something sharp, something to remind Axel that she called the shots here. But she restrained herself. It was wiser to let him think that he held all the cards. Tomorrow at 3 PM. She would meet him, but this time it just wouldn't be about triplets. No, something was happening that neither of them had expected - these messages, the unknown presence creeping into her life. It gnawed at her, a scratch that she could not itch. Someone watched. Someone knew. Mulling over what had happened in her head, a feeling she couldn't ignore was that Axel had to have something to do with this. Maybe he didn't send the messages himself, but his involvement in this game had always been more muddled than it initially seemed.
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The next morning, Sarah woke up with a pounding headache, still tangled about what had happened the previous night. She hadn't slept much. Of course, how could she, when those cryptic messages scratched up and down at the back of her mind? "You are not the only one playing this game." "Tick tock. Time's running out." The person behind it was playing with her, literally enjoying the squirming of his victim. But Sarah wouldn't back away from a fight. The threat merely firmed her purposely. Today was the day she was going to meet with Axel and find out precisely how much he knew, up to what extent she could trust him, and more importantly, how to keep him in check. She couldn't afford any more unknowns. She lay in bed while staring at the ceiling as the dim light from the window cast long shadows across the room. This weight of a game she was playing weighed heavily upon her chest. This was supposed to be her moment for revenge. But it had felt like someone else was pulling the strings
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Sarah's heart raced as she read the message, her fingers tightening around the phone. "Nice try, Sarah. But you're the one who's about to be run over." The cryptic warnings that had come before were disconcerting, but this? This was a bald threat. Whoever was behind this wasn't playing with her anymore; they were making their move. She glanced over at Axel, who was still leaning back in his chair, a smug grin plastered on his face, entirely unaware of the tension occurring inside of her. The pulse beat faster now, but she couldn't let him know how shaken she felt-she was supposed to be in control here. She slowly tucked her phone back into her bag and forced a calm smile. That would be dealt with later. Right now, she needed to keep Axel on board with their plan. If things were about to spiral out of control, she needed him to help her take the triplets down—before she became the target. "So," Sarah said, trying to sound matter-of-fact despite the anxiety gnawing at her gut,
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Jasmine stood in front of the mirror in her bedroom while putting on the last touches of her makeup. Her heart fluttered with excitement because Sarah had invited her to some party, a thing she hadn't expected. She didn't know Sarah that well, but that invitation made her special, something that hadn't happened in quite a while. This was all she needed to take her sister's condescending attitude off her mind for at least a few hours since things were getting tenser between them.As Jasmine slid into her dress, she caught her reflection-a bright smile overspreading her face, a sleek black dress hugging her figure to perfection-well, for the first time in a while, genuinely excited; this perhaps was something new, a fresh chance to be out of the constant comparison to Jayla. Finally, here was something that was hers.She snatched up her heels and took the stairs down; her heels lightly clicked against the wood floor. Down the stairs, Jayla stood at the bottom by the living room; Jayla's
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Golden sun streams came through the window into the Johnson mansion to bathe the great dining room with its warmth. Three days since the accident had happened, and it is within the atmosphere brought along by such a situation in life. All was well but the surface of each heart seated on hot coals -and burned so much more under Jasmine's skin than any person could imagine.She sat at her vanity, brushing her hair in slow, deliberating strokes while her mind replayed events of the past week: screeching tires, the near miss with the car, and now Jade getting into an accident. The doubt in her mind as to Jayla's involvement in it all was first just a murmur, one she dismissed for paranoia. But now? Now it was a scream she could no longer ignore.The hand closed on the hairbrush in a grip that was almost crushing as the signs turned stark: Jayla had tried to kill her with the "accident" on the street and, failing that, had gone after Jade, tampering with her brakes. In Jasmine's blood, the
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Jayla sat cross-legged on the plush velvet couch in the living room of the Johnson mansion, a smirk twisting her lips. The dim light from the antique chandelier above outlined features that were almost sinister. She swirled the wine in her hand absently, as if it was the glass that was the perfect metaphor of the chaos she had unraveled.She leaned back and blew a harsh breath, the thought running like sugar on fire in her head. It was almost too good. Jade lay in the hospital after that near-fatal car accident. She hadn't died-unfortunately-but was shaken enough to keep her off-balance."Not dead yet," Jayla muttered to herself, a hard smile tugging on her lips-" but shaken. That's good enough for now."She was pleased with that image of her sister being helpless, lying in that hospital bed-so meek and weak. The whole neighborhood had thought of Jade for all those years as the "peacemaker"-way too sweet and far too good. But Jayla knew better. Jade does have ambition, and with each p
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Sarah's heels clicked loudly against the floor of her dark apartment as Sarah tread back and forth, holding tightly onto her phone, with the cryptic messages seared into her brain. "Jayla isn't the only one with secrets." Words cut into her like a knife through confidence so laboriously built. And she couldn't shake the feeling that someone was watching her every move, someone dangerous.The possibilities swirled in her mind. Who was behind these messages? Axel? Not likely. He did not need to spook her like this, not when he also benefited from their arrangement. But the idea that someone else, someone outside her control, pulled the strings left her cold.Her glass of wine remained untouched on the counter; she didn't dare pour another, not now, not when her head needed to stay sharp. Whoever this unknown force was, they were playing a dangerous game, and Sarah would be damned if she let them win.Her phone buzzed again within the grasp of her palm.Unknown Number: "Tick tock, Sarah.
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Jayla's hand had been shaking the whole time as she finally hit the lock on the screen of her phone and buried it deep in her pocket as if it would make the message go away. She stepped out into the chill late evening breeze that bit into her skin as she entered the parking lot of the hospital while passing headlights blurred into a kaleidoscope of color as her mind whirled with two questions: Who? How?She had planned it down to the last letter. The timing and the setup were all supposed to be perfect. Instead, that message, dripping with sarcasm, whispered against the back of her neck, as if someone had begun to unwrap the layers of her plans and were giggling at what lay beneath.But who could it be? Sarah? No. Jayla hadn't caught any hints that Sarah was suspicious of her, and she had always seemed more focused on Jasmine anyway. Axel? The thought sent a ripple of doubt through her. He was cunning enough to play a double game, but why?Jayla clenched her teeth, forcing herself to
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Jayla paced her room; her thoughts were turbulent as the storm raged within her heart. She had fisted her hands by her sides, her jaw set tight in anger as memories of that party replayed themselves in her mind like a broken record. The smugness radiating from Jasmine grated on her like fingernails on a chalkboard, as did Jade's incessant trying to play mediator. It was infuriating how Jade always came off as the calm, neutral sister, yet somehow she had a knack for keeping them all under her thumb, pretending she wasn't part of the chaos she secretly fueled.Jayla sat on the edge of her bed-no, perched, like a predator waiting for exactly the right moment to strike. Her gaze flickered toward her laptop, the messages glowing on the screen, anonymous. "Do it right, and no one will suspect you." In her mind, those sounded like a whispered encouragement for her plan. The tension in the house had built up, like a pressure cooker, over weeks, and Jayla knew just how she could use that.Jad
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Anger brewed inside her like a silent storm as Jayla stared at the screen of her laptop, her fingers frozen above the keyboard. The voice message replayed in her head like a tape, each word lighting another spark to the ones that had already been lit. Jasmine and Jade had teamed up, didn't she. Her sisters. She bit into her teeth as humiliation replayed in her head, giggles, murmurs, and judgmental stares. They had planned her downfall, and now they were going to pay. But not with the petty games they had gotten so used to. This time, Jayla would play for keeps. Her eyes had fallen on the anonymous message displayed on her phone: "Time to even the odds." Shivers ran down her spine, as that just fed determination she simply could not avoid. Whoever this was, he certainly seemed to understand the amount of anger and needed some payback; it sounded almost like a voice into her most hidden soul part. A plan was beginning to formulate in Jayla's mind-the crystallization of her thought
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Jade paced around her room, her bare feet silent on the plush carpet. The dim light emanating from her night lamp itself had a slight flutter to it, casting eerie shadows across the walls. Her fingers toyed with one hanging thread of her cardigan, telling all the turmoil brewing inside. The mayhem of the party had left her restlessness, yet exhilarating all the same. Well done: Jayla's embarrassment was all but choreographed to the poetic script of events. Of course, Jade wasn't feeling all that happy. Not just yet, anyway.It still echoes within her mind from the call of tonight, a haunting melody-a symphony of smooth calculations thrown across. It would revert to the voice in her brain to confirm everything apparently working for her and let Jade know that she was indeed no pawn but at play as a puppeteer.Jade had been in the middle of rearranging the books on her shelf when her phone buzzed on the desk behind her. She let it ring twice before answering, deliberately slow.“Hello?”
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Jayla's Brewing StormAs Jade furiously set into her notebook-her plotting mind piecing together how to bring the sisters down-Axel had set the stage for the next act in this dark theatre of theirs, and that was the playground: an exclusive party. Paranoia, for Sarah, was not good enough; she wanted to see annihilation, the bond between them sisters completely devastated.At the cafe, Sarah drummed her fingers on her coffee mug as Axel outlined this elaborate scheme for the public humiliation of Jayla. But Sarah had a whole lot more in her ambitious tank than Axel did: She wanted them to do worse than just fight-she wanted them to destroy each other.She took a step forward as she smirked, her voice a purr. "Axel, good, the Jasmine look-alike idea, but it's too. Tame. In case Jayla wakes up somewhere strange, humiliated, sure, she will suspect Jasmine. But what if we go further?Axel's eyebrow arched, intrigued, yet a tad guarded. "Further how?The smile now spreading on Sarah's face
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The next morning, Sarah leaned against the kitchen counter in her sleek apartment, sipping her coffee. Her phone whirred with a new message, breaking the early-morning stillness. She set her mug down and unlocked the screen, reading Axel's cryptic text from the night before.Axel's Message:"There was a hitch, but that need not affect a thing. Tomorrow, let's meet. We must make certain next steps are understood."A small, knowing smirk curled her lips. She wasn't surprised that Axel's plan had hit a hitch. He was methodical but reckless in the execution. Still, it didn't matter: the damage was done - Jayla's paranoia would fester and she'd doubtless lash out at her sisters.She sent him a reply right away.Sarah's Message:"11 AM, usual place. Won't tolerate your latecomer stunt."The next step of their scheme whirred in Sarah's mind. Jayla's ordeal at the party had gone just far enough to stir the pot. Now it was time to double down. They needed to widen the divide between the triple
