Chapter 41

VALERIA. My heart drops when I hear my name. I slowly step away from the office, staring at the door like it’s death itself. Eden tries to reach out to me. “What’s wrong? What’s going on?” “Nothing,” I somehow manage to say, but my voice sounds strangled and stiff, even to my own ears. “I… I need to go now. Excuse me.” “Valeria!” she calls out, but I’m already running away from her and the office. From everything else. The beat of my pulse feels like it’s going everywhere in my body. Tears are brewing in my eyes and they’re making my eyesight so blurry that I have to stop walking and seek some sort of solace behind a statue. The weight of the situation crashes on me, and I find myself starting to cry silently. Are they going to arrest me? Do they really believe that I’m the one who killed Mr. Murdock and Miss Sullivan? What are they going to do about it? What proof do they think they have? I almost feel regretful that I didn’t stay there and listen to whatever they have to say a