The air around me felt stifling, suffocating, as Bette's words reverberated through my mind like a relentless echo.
"Timothy has been arrested for the murder of Stella Fitzgerald."
The world spun around me, tilting on its axis as if threatening to swallow me whole. I staggered, my vision blurring, the ground shifting beneath my feet. The weight of the news bore down on me like a crushing force, threatening to shatter my fragile composure.
"I... I can't believe this," I stammered, the words barely escaping my trembling lips as I clung to the edge of consciousness.
Bette's concerned gaze lingered on me, but her expression revealed the limitation of her knowledge. "Evie, I wish I had more information. I truly do. But this is all I know."
Terror gripped my heart, a relentless vice squeezi
