BRIANNA’S POV
The scent of smoke still clung to my clothes and I was still breathing heavily as I stood frozen, staring at the ambulance pulling away from the burning hospital. My mother was inside, barely hanging on. The flames behind me roared louder. Everything that had happened told me how quickly life could spiral out of control. My heart pounded in my chest as I climbed into a taxi to follow the ambulance to the nearest hospital.
Tears blurred my vision as I sped down the road. As she was wheeled away, she told me something. My mind replayed her broken, rasping words:
Don’t trust...” she managed to choke out before passing out again.
Her words confused me.
Trust who? What was she trying to warn me about?
I shook my head, trying to clear my thoughts. I couldn’t afford to lose h
