ALEERA VERNIZE
My whole body had shaken the moment I saw Miranda holding my ruby necklace while smiling at me like an evil. My mind stuttered, and for some time, I could not speak. I was just looking at her, stopping myself from thinking of a bad thing that might have happened already.
"You look so surprised, dear," Miranda said, still facing the necklace to me. "This is yours, right?"
I swallowed my saliva as I clenched my fist. I faced her firmly while still in the air. "Why are you holding that?" I asked her. "What did you do to my friend?"
"No idea at all?" Miranda smirked.
My tears were almost to fall, but I was doing my best to stop them because I didn't want her to label my emotion as weak. "Where did you bring him then?"
"Well, somewhere in the place that you can't see and yo
