WHEN ALL THE WORDS WERE GONE
Eden couldn’t sleep.
She had tossed and turned for hours, the weight of everything pressing down on her chest like a thousand unsaid words. The school corridors, the whispers, the tension—everything had led to this one point. And now that it had come and gone, she wasn’t sure what to do with herself.
The aftermath of the confrontation with Vice Principal Lawrence had shaken her. But more than that, Aiden’s silence afterward had shattered something she didn’t realize was so fragile. He hadn't spoken to her—not after the meeting, not after the rumors spread like wildfire, not even after she’d defended him without hesitation.
He’d just...disappeared.
Eden stared at her ceiling, the soft hum of the ceiling fan overhead the only sound keeping her from losing it
