ARIANA
I couldn’t sleep. Again.
No matter how hard I tried to close my eyes or stay still, my brain just wouldn’t stop. It kept playing that same scene over and over. Molly standing in front of me. Her hands shaking. Her voice low like she was scared someone might hear her.
“We didn’t do it,” she had said. “Someone set us up.”
At first, I thought she was lying. I even rolled my eyes when she said it. I thought she was just scared of getting punished. But now… I wasn’t so sure anymore.
Why did she look so scared? What if she wasn’t lying?
I turned on my bed and let out a tired groan. My pillow felt too flat. My back hurt. I was just uncomfortable. My chest felt tight, and I had this weird feeling in my stomach. Not like hunger. Not like fear. It was something in between.
I needed to
