ming star

hrough the quiet afternoon a

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posedly fixing a loose board. Olivia Hayes,

t of the house, her

Daisy'

is hammer. He r

belly tight, a sudden

ehind the house, the ove

foun

half-rotted pier at t

wail was a

Ethan, then sh

and on my stomach, watching them pull Da

, wild and red

rieked, her v

did t

? No, Olivia, I w

a shaking finger at me. "She saw Daisy as a r

Olivia' s distor

lly soft when he loo

id, his voice

ouldn't. I coul

torrent of accusations,

limp in his arms.

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a step t

her too," he said, his voice flat,

th Olivia," I whisper

d. Ethan did

aked my arm

, but his grip was al

me, his face

the hous

request. It

future I imagined with him and N

s word over mine.

Olivia gave her hyste

stracted, negligent,

ide, his arm around

t look a

e truth. I was on the porch. I tho

rief was a powe

als sounded weak again

name hung heavy in the air. The o

ially. But the accusation stu

n accident, a terrib

, and Olivia' s, I w