throat, raw and loud

al wallpaper I kept meaning to change in my old ro

against my ribs li

' t be. The blood, Emily' s f

k. My limbs felt heavy

day Emily left. The day

d. I snatched it, my hand trembl

roup cha

e in my old room. If I'm not back in a

ct same

o

ag

. I was re

alf terror, half a

le

d with th

damned weakness. Then David, my fiancé, his pan

And they had des

er whole

rain from the nightmare I' d just live

d, my bare feet hitti

e she used when she stayed over. The saf

Something about her favorite cookies, anythi

irs, my breath comi

y must have already left

The closet

ination lock on the small safe.

ic

metal door

nvelope. Emily' s neat, stron

closing around the pape

ing, washed over me. I

are you doing

a

be here. In the first timeline, he' d come

he letter behind my back, into t

n his architect suit, a frown creasing his f

an old photo album," I sta

inced. His eyes scan

think you d

s standing just behind him, a

hed hand was the

slipped. Wh

h God

g it from her. He glanced at the

st texted about this. Said

my voice a desperate plea. "Plea

e big deal, Sarah? It's just a letter. Maybe it's something important I sh

at damned, fa

the enve

ror, as he pulled out th

canned the

the s

ace. His charming, usually s

s wide with a dawning terro

anger is she in?" he whispered,

e turned, almost stumbling, and

rry towards the living r

cebook

happeni