——Sam
“Sam… Chloe is dead.”
When I heard Dean spoke those last three words from the other end of the phone, I instantly lost my strength and collapsed on the carpet beneath my feet, unable to move.
Chloe is dead.
The words kept repeating in my mind over and over again like deafening church bells. How could she be dead? She was all right when we left for Hawaii. She looked better. She had been well since our dinner after our graduation.
I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t think past the three words that had succumbed to the overwhelming ache that had instantly enclosed my entire being.
My best friend is dead.
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I found everything gloomy for the rest of the days that followed the horrifying news. I met with Chloe’s mom as soon as I arrived from Hawaii, and since
