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I had locked myself in my room. Instead of believing us, my father chose to believe Grace. It felt like fate was mocking us. Just when we were about to leave, we found out the truth—but no matter how we tried, we couldn’t get through to him. And as if that wasn’t enough, he hit me.
But if I’m Amber, then I’ll be the one to expose Grace’s lies.
The only problem was… I had no idea how.
I sat at the edge of my bed, a complete mess, lost in thought. I hadn’t looked at my phone in two days or stepped foot outside the room.
Bruno had stormed out of the house after arguing with Dad.
Dean and Eva tried to talk to me, but I only withdrew further into myself.
Yet this morning, despite everything—despite my father’s lack of faith in me—I felt a strange glimmer of hope.
I had dreamt of my m
