Lina’s POV
By the time a week passed, I realised something clearly.
This lie was no longer sitting quietly.
It was walking around the house with me. Sitting beside me at the table. Breathing down my neck when I slept. Everywhere I turned, it followed.
My body was changing slowly, but my mind was changing faster. I started noticing small things I used to ignore. How conversations stopped when I entered a room. How Maya watched me like she was counting my steps. How Daniel avoided staying alone with me, yet his eyes always found mine from across the room.
Ethan, on the other hand, was trying too hard.
He brought me snacks. Asked if I was okay every hour. Offered to walk me around the compound in the evenings. From outside, anyone would think he was the perfect man stepping up.
But eac
