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Lila.

It has been a few quiet days since our run in with Vanessa, but she has not been out of my mind since. Something about what she said, and her eyes were still haunting me.

But today, I was focused on reading my book and she had no space to occupy my thoughts.

I lie back against my pillows, the weight of my book heavy in my hands, my eyes skimming over the pages but not truly absorbing the words. The quiet hum of the room surrounds me, a calm cocoon that I’d wrapped myself in after a long day. But that calm is shattered in an instant.

My phone buzzes, a sharp, insistent sound that pulls me out of my trance. I glance down at the screen, Vanessa's name lights up, it was like I had just manifested her into texting me. And how on earth did she even get my number. But her name popping up on my screen makes my heart skip, my curiosity piqued. What could she possibly want?

I tap the screen and wait for the message to load.

Images. The first one stuns me. A little girl. She can’t be mor
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