~ASH’S POV~
(ASH BACKSTORY TWO)
The news of Tiara’s death hit like a wrecking ball.
It was Timmy who told me. He showed up at my house that evening, his face pale and his hands trembling. I could barely focus on his words; the sheer panic radiating from him made it impossible to stay calm.
“Ash, she’s… she’s gone,” Timmy stammered, pacing back and forth in my room.
“What the hell are you talking about?” I asked, already feeling the walls close in.
“Tiara. She’s dead. She… she died at the hospital.” Timmy’s voice cracked. “They said it was complications—internal bleeding or something.”
The room spun around me.
My chest tightened, and I could barely get air into my lungs. *Dead?* I thought. That wasn’t supposed to happen. She was supposed to be fine. This wasn’t real.
