Suzy “Are you doing this because of our child?” I asked calmly, and I saw Terrence sighing slowly. “I just want you to get out of here as quickly as possible, and you will. As you saw, the lawyer I hired is the best for this type of case, and the defense was excellent. He used your heroic act of
I laid my body on my back on the bed and stared at the roof of my saddle. It's incredible how people were so opportunistic and only thought about themselves. I thought about Annie and that dangerous night when I almost sacrificed my life to save her. I hadn't seen her since that morning, as I was tr
Suzy The coffee and cupcakes I had ordered were still untouched on the table. I was drumming my fingers on the table a little apprehensively to talk to the person who had made an appointment with me at this coffee shop in downtown Manhattan. That would be my last action before I left this city fore
“I'm pregnant too, Suzy. That’s why I’m here,” she confessed. I opened my eyes wide, giving a comical laugh. “Woah! So that means our dear Terrence scored two goals from different beacon,” I said with a laugh. So she's pregnant too? So that must be why Terrence never hesitates in wanting to get ri
Ava This girl, Suzy, told me about her involvement in Laura's kidnapping. I knew it had been a woman, but I didn't know it was her. She told me how she saved Anne and how she helped her; that's why she was worried about Laura too, so I couldn't refuse her request to go with me to the hospital. Ok
“What… What does that mean?” Terrence asked with slightly wide eyes, looking from me to Suzy. I could completely understand his shock; after all, he had done everything to hide the truth from me. “I know everything, Terrence,” I said to him, looking deeply into his eyes. I could feel the raw fear
Ava There was a garden there in the clinic's courtyard where he and I could talk. Terrence took me there and then stood in front of me with his hands in his pockets; he still couldn't look me in the eyes. "How did this happen?" He asked himself more than me, perhaps still wanting to understand whe
Laura When I woke up, it was like waking up from a deep dream—a delirium that made me believe in a complete illusion. I hadn't forgotten anything that had happened to me; I still remembered every detail of what I had experienced, so much so that I couldn't even feel happy about my return. When th
Caleb, Abby, Madison, Nadia—they all spun through my head like a broken carousel. I wanted to tell my parents everything, collapse and ask for help, but the thought of seeing disappointment in their eyes—or worse, them trying to intervene at Oxwell to “save” me—made me swallow the words. I had to fi
Annie POV It was the weekend, and I was at home, trying to take deep breaths and pretend everything was okay. The Oxwell campus was a few hours away, giving me temporary relief from the chaos my life had become. Here, with my parents and the twins, I could at least try to be the old Annie—the exc
Max POV Walking beside someone who’d once meant so much to me felt strange. I couldn’t stop thinking that our breakup had been a waste, couldn’t stop remembering how happy I’d been with this guy, only to ruin it all because of my ego, because of a toxic fixation I had on Albert. Conrad Adams walke
Max POV was stunned when Albert told me that, my mouth even went dry because I wasn’t expecting to hear it. Conrad Adams was back. He was my boyfriend in my early twenties. I met him through Albert, who was close friends with him during the dark days of his family’s company. Conrad was a good guy
Max POV I was driving through the city with the radio on low, just a background murmur to keep the silence from swallowing me whole, when my phone buzzed on the dashboard. Zoey. Of course it was her. The girl had already wormed her way into my house like a high-heeled parasite, and now, apparently,
Annie POV After the moment at the mall, I returned to the dorm with a tight chest, carrying the bags with the blue dress Summer had insisted I buy. The plan was to distract myself, but Madison’s words—“racist,” “canceled piece of trash”—spun in my head like a broken record, mingling with Nadia’s re
When I met her last week at a council meeting, I could tell she’d be a challenge—confident, charismatic, the type who knew how to play the game. “Ugh, Madison Goodwin is here too. What a rotten day,” I grumbled, rolling my eyes. Of course Abby would get close to Madison—she was her adopted cousin.
Annie POV I was still trying to process everything that had happened at the square. Caleb’s words—“I hope you suffer”—mixed with Nadia’s ultimatum about my revoked candidacy had left me in pieces. My dream of leading the student council, something I saw as the first step toward following in my mom’
Annie POV I was still sitting on the bench in the square, the echo of Caleb’s words reverberating in my head like thunder that wouldn’t fade. "I hope you suffer." He had shoved the bouquet of pink flowers against my chest and stormed off, leaving me with a mix of shock, anger, and something that