I spent a day at the landfill, digging through filth. When I finally found the pendant, my pent-up tears broke free.
But the next second, I saw it was empty—Grandma’s hair and ashes were gone.
My head buzzed, and I ran back to the hospital, clutching the pendant. At the entrance, I ran into Selena, freshly discharged.
She wrinkled her nose, stepping back. “Ugh, what crawled out of the garbage?”
I glared at her. “Where’s the stuff from my pendant?”
She glanced at the necklace in my hand and smirked. “Oh, that dirty junk? Flushed it down the toilet.”
“Selena!” My body shook with rage, my vision blurring, eyes burning with hatred.
I lunged, grabbing her collar, and slapped her hard across the face.
Selena stumbled back, falling into Rowan’s arms. I looked up, meeting his murderous gla
