I stared at the message.
Lina’s funeral invitation. The words glared back at me in bold font.
I couldn’t look away.
Memories began to crash over me like waves, pulling me under. Before I even realized, hot tears were already streaming down my face.
My lips trembled.
“It’s… really…” I muttered, the words choking between sobs.
“It’s not a dream.”
Not a nightmare I could wake up from.
Lina was actually gone.
“It’s Isla,” I hissed through clenched teeth, a bitter grin twisting my face.
If only I had been faster.
If only I had known the filthy secrets hiding beneath their perfect masks. I could’ve been ahead of her. I could’ve stopped this.
But Lina… she was the only one who knew enough. The only one who could have revealed their dirty truths to the world.
That’s it. The brutal tr
