I Found Out My Roommate's Secret

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artment, was the one running

she believed she could c

buy into this creepy gam

ella's secret and tried to stop her f

her scheme, set fire to our place

in, I was back to the day

ed to let her be a

e sure your luck

door, listening to Isabella

much money on you for this m

echoed, sending a s

ast life flooded

s exact moment, I he

anger, I twisted the

th a man performing the so-c

and pinched her jaw. "Miss Cooper, is this your b

to cover herself wi

while flashing the man a co

had been running a busin

t the lucky beads a

lla reached out after see

yed at his company dorm, and being pregnant and al

fragile, so I didn't think twice. I signed a

I heard a man's voice in her room. I

id I realize Isabella was using he

ty photos on platforms like X

f a pregnant woman lost her baby, the chi

were called "

ed in this. It was

secret, I naively thought she had a f

op, urging her to think

n me in. I have no choice. My husband's salary is low, and if

If something happens to you or the b

e, wiping tears and noddin

away, she grabbed a ke

r, she set the fire t

d and kept running her "

I stood silently, listening to the sounds

meddle. I'd let her

ited someone who'd do anythin

tment reeked of sharp perfume, like som

oser glance revealed a bit of cigarette

" Isabella emerged from her room in a tight, ultra

the fabric, accentuating its cur

d I realize she never acted l

just thought she

atly, "I was at a friend's birthd

hing as I headed to m

my husband's on vacation, so he might stop by more often for a few days. You don't mind, do you? B

side her door the day before hit me,

my suitcase, answering

s face, I looked up at her. "Oh, I

d. "Moving out? You never

mpany's sending me to handle a new project,

xcuse, my hands never

pointed. "Guess I won't have any

l. "Poor me, a pregnant woman all alone. If

head. Even now, she was

n if something happened to her

save her. Now, if she dropped dead in

l act because she had no on

ment, she played the delicate, innocent flower. But once

onth, so she used almost all the water and

e bathroom without asking. I had a thing about clea

stries and bread I bought

hings slide because

same trap twice. I wasn't going to

ands and still mooched off m

called out just as Isabella s

f hair behind her ear. Her big eyes

we should settle some a

n froze, but

wo hundred. Then there's the shampoo and body wash you took. They cost four hundred eighty for the set. They were three-quarters full when I gave them to you, so I'll ca

hone and sent her

stunned by my words,

oments, her

and a voice dripping with resentment. "Penelope, we've li

ited. Of course you don't care-it's not your

rabbed her phone, and accepted the

y things, I glanced

hould take better care of yours

ng her stomach and texting. "Mind your o

like she remembered some

ehind me and let

e should match

t have sai

l-bent on destruction. I needed t

so much, I'd see if she ended up t