"What do you mean? What happened?" He asked, looking really worried; after all, Annie was his daughter. “It turned out that you, as always, didn't care about the consequences and opened your pretty shitty mouth to insinuate those bad things to Suzy,” I said. “What? Are you and your friend only p
Laura That night, I barely slept at all. Thinking about what had happened at Annie's party, my thoughts fluctuated between Ava and Suzy. Did they hate each other now? Were they enemies now? And what about the issue of children? Since Suzy had now broken her deal with Ava, was she going to take care
Ava When my conscience returned to obey me, I opened my eyes, looking at the white ceiling of the clinic room where I was. There were beeping medical machines and peccaries inserted into my arm to funnel medicine into me intravenously. It was already morning, I could tell because of the morning sun
“Ava, you didn’t have to do any of that; I would never leave you just for it. I didn’t marry you because of the children; I married you because I love you and I always will,” he said, holding my hand. But I withdrew. “But even so, I still felt useless as a woman, Terrence. It's like I failed at so
Laura Weeks later “What do you think of the color green for a baby shower?” asked Ava to me while we were talking on the cell phone. “Uh, I think it’s pretty conceptual. It’ll be a bit different from the usual pink and blue,” I replied, looking out the car window. I was going to the Williams Com
Laura The meeting assistant showed me the seat where I was going to sit, which I did immediately, after greeting everyone present, who were friendly to me, except for the blond man who was sitting next to Max. He just gave a slight nod when I introduced myself to him. “I managed to get Gid out of
Laura “Oh, Laura. What's your damn problem?" I asked myself, standing outside the bathroom, seeing that I had entered the men's bathroom. Well, I hadn't paid attention; my mind was occupied with the issue with Ava that I would have to deal with. Good heavens! Now Gideon Bathory must surely be thi
A cool breeze blew past me, so I straightened my coat. Would she leave me freezing out here until I gave up and left? She must have been really upset with me. Luckily, the door opened, and it was Terrence. He was looking at me a little apprehensively, so just by looking at him, I could tell that A
Annie POV The masked boy led me through the dark campus, his hand firm in mine as we ran away from the ballroom. My legs trembled, the blue dress swishing with each step, and tears still streamed down my face, hot and relentless. The sound of the shouts, the judgments, still echoed in my head, bu
“No choice?” He cut me off, his tone incredulous. “Are you serious? You chose to help Madison make that video. You chose to plug it into the projector. And now Annie’s out there, broken, while you try to run from the responsibility. This doesn’t fix anything, Abby. It wasn’t supposed to end like thi
Abby POV I was there, tucked away in the shadows of the ballroom’s corner, my heart still racing as I watched the chaos I’d helped create unfold. The giant screen kept playing that horrible video, distorted and manipulated clips of Annie echoing through the room like a final verdict. People poin
Annie POV I was still on the dance floor, the warmth of the masked boy’s body against mine, my head resting on his chest as the slow music guided us. The sound of his heartbeat against my ear was almost hypnotic, and I let myself get lost in that feeling I couldn’t quite explain. He’d just said s
I swallowed hard, Caleb’s words coming back to haunt me. “Have you ever stopped to think that maybe we’ve gone too far?” He’d said that at the mall, and I’d hung up on him, but now they echoed in my head. Annie had hurt me, yes. The fight in the dorm, the way she called me fake, like I was trash she
Abby POV I was leaning against the wall of the ballroom, the cup of punch in my hand already warm and forgotten, as I watched Annie dance with that masked boy. The soft lights of the ball cast shadows over them, and even from so far away, you could feel something in the air—a chemistry almost tangi
Anne POV I was there, trying to at least pretend I was enjoying the party with Summer, letting the loud music and spinning lights distract me from the weight pressing on my chest. Summer danced beside me, throwing her arms up with that endless energy of hers, and I tried to keep up, forcing a smile
“She’s an idiot,” Summer said, crossing her arms as she looked at me with concern. “You okay?” “Yeah,” I lied, grabbing a cup of punch just to have something to do with my hands. “I just… I just want this to stop, you know? For people to leave me alone.” Before Summer could reply, I felt him befor
Anne POV It was the day of the freshman ball, and I stood in front of the mirror in my dorm room, the blue dress Summer had insisted I buy staring back at me. The fabric draped lightly over my body, the delicate sleeves and simple cut highlighting my shoulders and collarbone in a way I knew was bea