My heart shot straight into my throat the second his words registered, and my fingers curled into tight fists on instinct.
I forced down the sharp ache clawing at my chest.
"Dr. Javier, are you suspecting me?"
Javier heard my question, but he didn't answer it directly. "One month ago, someone with a near-identical build to you was spotted at Evercrest Building."
I clenched my jaw so hard I almost cracked a tooth.
Back then, everyone had mistakenly thought that figure was me.
Now Veronica, who looked nearly identical to me, had popped up out of nowhere, and she even knew about the triangular starburst pupils.
It only made sense that suspicion would fall on her first.
At that moment, I swear I could feel ice creeping up my veins, freezing me from the inside out.
The cold dread push
