"Alright, then. I'm already coming with Annie,” she said, and then handed the cell phone to our daughter. I was a little surprised to know that she was willing to come and see me. Not only that, but I didn't know that she still sends me with some importance to the point of leaving her boyfriend's ho
JasonAfter the doctor did the necessary tests on me, she gave me medication and then made me worship. I slept for a while to see if my strength would recover and the pain would subside. She also said that my friend Terence brought me here the previous morning and that he stayed here until late, wai
LauraI was still stunned by the audacity of that doctor who was treating Jason; she said I was yelling at him, and on top of that, she scolded me in front of my daughter. Yes, I was yelling at Jason, but it was because that man gave me so much reason to do so, and suddenly this woman I didn't even
Laura"We? Are you referring to yourself too? How can you be upset about this when you've already made it clear that you don't want me around?” I asked. After all, she was the one who removed me from her life. “I don't want this anymore; I'm tired of being away from you, Lau. I want you back in my
LauraI saw Jason's servants carrying him from the car into the house that afternoon; my daughter was around them, completely worried about her father. "Careful, please! That way he could fall and hurt himself much more,” she said to the servants, all alert. Terence, who was also there to help his
Laura“It's always hard when your heart is broken in a way,” Terence commented as he looked at the horizon with me. At that point in the day, the sun was already setting calmly into the sea; everything seemed calm and serene, and I was just trying to find a way to fix my life. “Yes, it is difficult
LauraI left my daughter's room after putting her to sleep properly. She wanted to go to sleep with her dad because she was so worried about Jason, but I convinced her that her father needed to rest alone, so that's the only way she can sleep too. I was now walking through the wide hallways on the t
Laura“So apparently there’s no way to hold a conversation with you, right? So we're just going to see each other in court? Okay then, I wish you a bad night then,” I said, getting up from the armchair and heading towards the bedroom door. “Hey, wait!” he said, making me look at him with a raised e
Annie POV Peter Morton’s face was just inches from mine, staring at me. The electric blue of his eyes was so close I could see his irises dilating and contracting. “You okay, Lady Ann?” he asked. I sighed with a small smile, half in delight. “It’s been a while since anyone called me that.” Actual
Annie POV The masked boy—who I didn’t want to admit was Peter—took me to an upscale, comfortable hotel where I could spend the night safely, away from everything, and try to regain my composure and figure out what to do next. “You can stay here,” he said calmly, though his voice still carried a hi
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