admind Chapter 24 Jul 18, 2025 The cafeteria buzzed around me like a hive I didn’t belong to. I sat at the edge of a table by the window, tray untouched, back straight, pretending not to notice the sideways glances aimed like darts at my spine. My phone was flipped over, screen dark. I didn’t bother … Read more
Chapter 23 Jul 18, 2025 The hallway reeked of floor wax and teenage desperation, but underneath? Pure poison. I felt the shift before I saw it—that collective intake of breath that happens right before someone gets publicly executed. Walking in anyway because I’m apparently a glutton for social annihilation. Amber hadn’t wasted a single fucking … Read more
Chapter 22 Jul 18, 2025 The beeping of the monitor was the only sound in the room. Soft. Steady. Too calm for what it was tracking. Chase sat upright in the hospital bed, eyes trained on the wall like it had answers. His wrist—bandaged. His expression—unreadable. The nurses had just left, and the silence they … Read more
Chapter 21 Jul 18, 2025 Hospitals weren’t built for hearts like mine. They were built for quiet tragedies, for machines that beeped like they were counting down the seconds you didn’t know you were losing. The walls were too white. The lights too bright. And the air smelled like lemon cleaner and hopelessness. I sat … Read more
Chapter 20 Jul 18, 2025 The school was loud. Too loud. Laughter, footsteps, locker doors banging open—everything was at full volume, but none of it felt real. It was like walking through someone else’s dream. Someone called my name down the hall. I didn’t turn around. Amber’s laugh rang out near the lockers. Too loud. … Read more
Chapter 18 Jul 18, 2025 The dress felt like a costume. Tight at the ribs, too bright under the lights. It shimmered like it belonged to someone who knew how to smile on cue. Someone polished. Unbreakable. Someone who hadn’t spent the last week trying not to fall apart in public bathrooms. I tugged at … Read more
Chapter 17 Jul 18, 2025 The hallway buzzed like something was about to blow. Not a fire drill or a fight—something quieter. More radioactive. Measured. Judged. The stares weren’t curious anymore. They were calculating. And loud. Like everyone was waiting for the collapse they were sure would come. The new girl, ruined by the bad … Read more
Chapter 16 Jul 18, 2025 People were watching now—really watching. It wasn’t whispers anymore. It was stares held just a second too long, like every hallway became a runway and we were the main act no one wanted to admit they liked. Some students looked curious, others annoyed, but most of them just looked shocked … Read more
Chapter 15 Jul 18, 2025 The message came just before lunch. Just five words. Can we talk after school? No name. No emojis. But I didn’t need any. I knew that number like a scar—healed over, but never forgotten. I stared at it for too long, phone clutched tight enough to crack. I didn’t reply. … Read more