[Day 7, Dec. 26 – Wintermist Island]
Octavia
The messages played over and over in my head as I stared at my phone, heart pounding.
Dave’s not the father of that child.
Meet me by the waterfall behind Blissful Resort if you want answers.
I swallowed hard, torn between fear and curiosity.
“Who are you, and why shouldn’t I think I’m about to get murdered?” I quickly typed back, my fingers trembling slightly.
A reply came almost instantly:
Someone who’s not going to murder you.
Great. That didn’t exactly put me at ease.
My pulse quickened, and a storm of thoughts raged in my head.
Was this some elaborate trap? Or could it really be the truth?
I hesitated, my thumb hovering over the delete button. But then the memory of Dave reaching for Ava instead of me flashed in my mind. The pa
