"Don't want to answer huh! Well let me answer it for you…. It's a prison." The blood drained from her face at the mention of prison, her mind screaming that this couldn't be real.
'Prison? No. NO!' She whipped her head around, eyes darting toward the uniformed officers approaching her.
This isn't happening! Her breathing turned erratic, panic surging through her veins. She took a step back. Then another.
"No!" she shrieked, shaking her head violently. "I didn't do anything wrong!" Her voice cracked, raw with desperation.
"I… I was tricked! It wasn't my fault!" She turned to Ethan, her tear-filled eyes begging for help.
"Ethan! Help me! You know I didn't mean to—" But Ethan didn't move.
He just stood there, his expression unreadable. Lily's stomach twisted into knots. Her last hope was slipping away.
'No. No, no, no!' Her body lurched forward, trying to escape. But before she could even move an inch—
Click!
