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66. Had She Killed Mason?

Author: Jennie
last update Last Updated: 2023-12-22 23:29:23

Third Person's POV:

Isabel awoke with a start, her eyes fluttering open to a dimly lit room. Gradually, the shadows surrendered to reveal the familiar surroundings of her bedroom. Yet, there was an unsettling weight in the air that lingered like a ghostly echo.

As the darkness reluctantly unveiled its secrets, a rush of memories flooded Isabel's mind, a chilling encore of terror. There it was—the moment she was coerced by Mason to pull the trigger. The room echoed with the gunshot, and then, a void. A blank canvas of consciousness.

She jolted upright, a bead of sweat tracing a path down her forehead. The realization struck her like a lightning bolt—had she killed Mason? Panic gripped her, and she replayed the moment in her mind, a twisted film reel of fear and desperation.

"No... No... It can't be. I didn't kill him. Mason must be alive," Isabel muttered to herself, the words hanging in the air like a fragile prayer. She glanced around, suddenly aware that the bed beneath her was a st
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