CHAPTER SIXTEEN - STARTING THE FIRE

KALEO

THREE MONTHS FROM NOW - THE NIGHT OF MURDER

I threw my head across my shoulders, my red hair flipping to each side I turned as I failed at my decision not to panic. 

One of my hands clutched the stick while the other held unto the bloody stained ends of my flowing gown. 

Not being the least I cared about, I walked across the shattered glasses around the empty room before I halted, panting heavily. 

My lungs ached, begging for air and my heart skipped at each suspense, each sound. 

And immediately I picked up my phone, the messages lined up on my cracked screen from Aaliyah.

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