tt burst into the room like a hurricane, her face a sto

up to me and slapped me across the face. T

raw with pain. "How could you even thin

words wash over me. I had

r. As planned, they rushed to Molly

f staged disappointment. "Gabrielle, what has gotten into you? Has th

weeping. "To give up on your own c

smug satisfaction. I was being condemned from all sides. H

ir arms crossed, their expressions hard as stone. They were

for a few more moments. Then, I spok

cause of what I fo

toward me. The roo

bout?" Anthony Scott de

had suddenly gone pale. "An encrypted message. He thought I

g. "She's lying! She's hysterical,

uriosity and their doubt. "Once you see that message," I said, my voice dropping