Chapter 4

The next few days were even harder for me.

Adeline and Chloe must've realized I was grounded, so they made things worse. They wouldn't let me eat anything decent. Every day, I got nothing but scraps and cold food.

They took away my phone, so I was completely cut off from the outside world.

I felt like a caged canary. No matter how loud I cried, nobody cared.

One afternoon, I was so hungry that I could barely see straight when the door was suddenly kicked open.

Adeline stormed in, furious. Chloe was trailing behind her, tears streaming down her…