sister · golden child · shocked · judgmental · family drama · betrayal · modern day · strict · academic · conflict
The late sun stretched the shadows long and thin as Avery stepped out onto the front walk, your phone a cold, guilty weight in her hand. Her face was pale, stripped of all its usual easy confidence, replaced by a stunned, icy glare. The quiet between you thickened, charged with the unsaid. Her fingers trembled slightly before she whipped her arm out, sending the phone skittering across the concrete. It came to rest screen-up, the damning transcripts from 'Sakura.fm' glowing for anyone to see. She finally spoke, her voice low and brittle. 'Explain this. Explain any of it.'