Chapter 86
Nina’s POV
The gun felt like it weighed a thousand pounds in my hands. My fingers were locked so tight around the grip that my knuckles turned white, then purple. Hot water still poured from the sprinklers, turning the room into a steaming hell. The alarm screamed on and on, a piercing wail that drilled straight into my brain. Blood mixed with the water on the floor, swirling in thin red rivers that snaked toward the drain in the corner. The other girl lay slumped against the side of the bed, one hand pressed to the hole in her side, blood seeping between her fingers. Her breathing came in wet, ragged gasps. She stared at me with wide, glassy eyes, like she could not believe what had just happened.
I could not believe it either.
The gun barrel trembled. I tried to steady it,
