Ryan Edwards
I should’ve walked in sooner.
From the hallway, I’d heard just enough, Vanessa’s condescending voice, Lily’s silence thick with humiliation. It made my jaw tighten, made my fists curl.
I should’ve walked in and almost jumped in to shut down Venessa and the fossil with the receding hairline questioning Lily’s worth.
I could’ve ended it. One sentence from me; just one and that room would’ve fallen silent like a grave.
Not before I could say anything, Lily rose and spoke up. She agreed to their conditions. She didn’t fold, she wanted to prove herself
Lily didn’t speak on the drive home. Not once.
She kept her eyes fixed on the window, but I wasn’t fooled. I saw the way her fingers kept pulling at the sleeves of her blouse like they were suffocating her. The way she shra
