I step forward. “Let’s start answering my questions.”
She lifts her chin weakly. “I won’t.”
I pause.
Then nod. “Okay.”
I turn slightly and fire.
The bullet slams into the chair beside her grandmother and the chair splintering violently.
They both scream.
Lily immediately drops to her knees. “Okay! Okay! I’ll talk! Just stop! Ask me anything!”
“Who released the video of you and me in the hallway?” I bark.
She looks up at me, confused and terrified. “I—I don’t know.”
I fire again.
The chair explodes further.
They cry, shaking, clinging to each other.
“Lies.”
“Wait!” Lily screams. “I swear! I don’t know who sent the video, but—I got a text that morning. From an unknown number.”
My grip tightens.
“What did it say?”
She stutters. “It told me to… to cozy up to Alex. To make you
