Chapter 49 The Party Is Over The silence after Mira’s voice carried through the hall was deafening. Her words, “you must be careful as you are pregnant,” echoed again and again inside my head, louder than the music, louder than the laughter that had just filled this hall moments ago.

Chapter 48 Careful As You Are Pregnant The days after I came back home blurred together in a haze of tenderness and suffocation. Every morning, my mother slipped into my room before I even opened my eyes, smoothing the blankets over me, brushing my hair back from my face, and

Chapter 47 This Entire Family Will Burn The morning came far too quickly. I barely slept after last night as my grandfather’s words kept me awake, echoing like a curse carved into my skull. Power. Without it, you are nothing. With it, you can have everything. That was the weight

Chapter 46 The Weight Of Power The drive back home felt endless as my hands clutched the steering wheel so tightly that my knuckles turned white, but it wasn’t because of the road, it was because of the storm inside my chest. Every bump in the street, every flash of

Chapter 45 They Are Going To Release Mira The word hit me like a blade across my chest and I gave Jasper a questioning gaze but he avoided my eyes. My heart slammed against my ribs so hard it felt like it would tear through and I forgot how to

Chapter 44 A Stranger to Her Heart The walls of the house felt like they were closing in on me. My breath became sharp and uneven as I staggered back from my mother’s door, the echo of her words ringing like a curse in my head. “Christy must not…” No….

Chapter 43 Could It Be All Planned The sting from my mother’s palm lingered against my cheek. For a moment I just stood there, staring at her with wide eyes, unable to process what had just happened. Why was she so upset with me all of a sudden? I looked

Chapter 42 I Am Not Just A Nobody I thought it was over, the moment my body collided with the floor, but who would have thought that God would see my struggles and pain. When I opened my eyes again, everything had taken a whole new turn. My brother has

Chapter 41 She Never Lost Her Memory I followed behind them to eavesdrop on their conversation. “I was able to retrieve the CCTV footage of the accident from the security cameras of the supermarket opposite the scene of the accident. It didn’t capture the driver’s face but the car’s plate

Chapter 40 Let’s Break Up I waited anxiously for an hour before returning to the scene of the accident. I noticed that Christy’s body was gone and everyone was just going about their normal activities like nothing happened. I quickly rushed to a nearby store to find out what happened