Chapter 4

The whole room went dead silent.

Every single pair of eyes locked onto Vera, the girl who'd been trying to fade into the background all this time.

In a flash, Vera's face was drained of all color.

Her eyes were wide, terror written all over her face as she stared at me, her whole body shaking like a leaf in a storm.

"You're making this up. It wasn't me. I didn't do it," Vera screamed, her voice cracking with panic.

Her voice was shrill, warped by fear.

"Making it up?" I let out a cold laugh, turning my phone screen…