…RILEY…
*****
The shitty cell smelled like metal and bleach and someone else’s despair. A single flickering bulb glowed overhead, throwing everything in a sickly yellow light that made even the walls look tired.
Damn, I’d been here for twenty-four hours—though it felt longer, like time had stretched itself just to mock me.
How did I get here??
No, better question— what the f**k is wrong with Cass?
My fingers were stiff from clutching the edge of the metal bench. I couldn’t sleep. Couldn’t stop replaying her voice in my head when she dropped the bomb that Soren isn't coming.
The officer had said I assaulted her. Just like that. Like it made sense. Like it wasn’t the most ridiculous, gut-twisting thing I’d ever heard.
And my sister — the b***h probably clutched her pearls and gave s
