LILA
I pulled back, my hands shaking, my breath coming in ragged gasps. My mind raced, trying to process what I had done, what this meant. But all I could think was that I had killed her, that I had let my anger and pain drive me to do something unforgivable.
I scrambled backward, my back hitting the wall as I tried to put distance between myself and the lifeless body on the floor. My thoughts were a chaotic swirl of horror and disbelief. What had I done? How could I have let it get this far?
The cold basement wall pressed against my spine as I stared in horror at Trisha's motionless form. The silence was deafening, broken only by my ragged breathing.
"No, no, no," I whispered, my voice trembling. "This can't be happening."
As guilt and panic threatened to overwhelm me, a strange soun
