when Emily slowly o

ve her made her squint. For a moment, she didn't rememb

ar

li

li

ba

pt her which means that

her back, but she didn't cry this time.

betra

use

drugg

y, her trust, and

ang to in the dark. A baby she dreamed of holdin

pital for hours, lying

red at

ame. Her chest felt tight, her t

rt was

o much betrayal -

had lie

ar

li

er own

kept echoing

You're the only

urt th

ister. Maybe even her fat

always been kind. But doubt had already started

nyone, she got dressed, walked out

window, watching people walking on the stre

e a ghost si

er house - the house she thought w

eel like ho

d music. Laughter. The sound of

s voice was lou

pmother's voice,

ht. Her eyes stared at the front door as

re cele

ain was the

d inside the house, the

ood ther

, but her heart wa

quiet when the

lightly and asked in

he celebr

urned to l

ickly and took a step toward her. "

sed her hand,

ly, quietly - like a s

room. The same people she had lo

Emily asked, her vo

confused, or

he asked again, a li

?" her stepmother,

" Evelyn added, her voice

es burned

then spoke clearly, he

w that Julie and Charles are lovers - and th

went de

dy s

e den

her everything s

d, "Calm down, Emily," his

stared

she whispered, the pa

screamed, "Y

to her and threw it hard on the

ne fli

- a lamp, a glass, anything sh

l betra

hy

you were

ever do to d

f to the bone f

rything! I obey

s is wha

er, breathing heavily,

wer

not with guilt, bu

ead mother,"

our name. I was her husband, but she

y fr

illed h

destroy your own daughter?"

tepped close

sed to hand over the shares to me. So yes

r looking away, Evelyn with her fake

them d

f them

itter laugh that didn'

s away. "Now that you've taken every

each of the

we're no lo

to do with any