ADELE'S POV The day I lost my father and brother, my world paused. The days bled into nights. But I had my mother. There was hope. Today I lost her too. Where do I go from here? Something inside me is dead. I sat rigid in the doctor's office, Julian by my side. I gripped his fingers so tight, desperate to feel something. The room was cold, like it had moved on. The doctor was saying something. My ears struggled to tune in. It doesn't matter anymore anyway. Nothing matters. But I just saw her. My nerves tingled with a strange feeling. My gut twisted. I had to know. “What exactly happened to her? Because I was with her just before…” Just before she died. The words hung in my throat. “We performed the autopsy, and erm…there were some anomalies” I sat up straight. Julian reste

