[EVE]
My breath caught. She didn't name me, but she didn't have to. The vagueness of her words only heightened the speculation, and every gaze in the room landed squarely on me.
"She's talking about Eve, right?!"
"Who else could it be that she claimed they tookin and caredfor?"
"I can't believe it. Is it true?"
"How could she do that?"
"Maybe she really wanted to be Cinderella, just to get close to Daniel."
"But pushing Sophie down the stairs to take the role? That's taking it way too far."
The whispers turned cruel, each word cutting deeper than the last. My pulse raced as their accusations twisted around me like a noose.
Out of the corner of my eye, I caught Riri's and Daniel's worried gazes, their concern palpable, but it did little to quell the storm brewing around me. The room felt like it was shrinking, the air thick with judgment.
