SuzyMy eyes were wide open, and my jaw dropped when I just heard that barbaric truth coming out of Gammy's mouth. He still had his back to me, but as soon as he noticed me, he quickly turned to me. His face was in a tight, dangerous expression, and then I realized how much danger I was in. “Just c
GrahamHe stood for a moment on top of the steps, looking at Suzy's motionless body on the floor after she had rolled down the stairs moments ago, a pool of blood slowly beginning to spread beneath her. Graham grunted in disgust and walked down the stairs slowly. What the fuck… that definitely shoul
GrahamThat moment was perfect for him to finish the job. There was so little left; he was just going to go up to the girl's room and... But his cell phone rang immediately, and he grimaced when he saw that it was Laura. “Hi, my adorable little sister,” he said as soon as he answered.“Is it true th
Laura I had suspected Graham's justification for returning to my apartment, so I decided to wait for him in the car at a place close to the condominium where I lived. At that moment, I was talking to Gideon, who had already traveled to London and was telling me how his work was going there. He was
So now I just decided to ignore the affectionate way he called me and focused on the problem. “Is it true that Suzy is on her way to the hospital now? Roger, my bodyguard, called me and said she fell down the stairs. Is that true? How did this happen?" I asked with some urgency. He clearly had more
Laura I was still completely shocked by Graham's words. I had just found out that Suzy was my sister; all this time she was my sister, and neither I nor she knew about it. That was totally unexpected; I would never consider that hypothesis. Everything was too deep for me now; it was too huge to thi
LauraThe cell phone fell out of my hand as I was shaking in shock. My eyes shot up after I took in the information Jason gave me. What? Was Graham in cahoots with Kendall all this time? That was an option I had always balked at because it seemed too ridiculous to be true. I meant, it was true that
LauraJason drove the car at high speed, taking the detours that wouldn't be congested at this time of the morning. He weaved through the alleys and winding streets of Manhattan, finding better ways to reach Graham's car. “He’s about five minutes away from us, driving onto Broadway Road right now!”
“Why do you keep hanging out with them, Abby?” he asked, and now there was a note of concern that annoyed me even more. “You know Madison’s not good for you. She uses you, and you let her.” “It’s none of your business,” I shot back, my voice sharp. “I do what I want, Caleb. Bye.” I hung up before h
Abby POV It was a lazy Sunday, and I was at the mall’s food court, waiting at the counter to pick up snacks for myself and the “new friends” I’d managed to latch onto. The smell of grease and cheap coffee filled the air, and the hum of conversations mixed with the muffled pop music from the speaker
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.