Pinky Swear

***Hazel***

My thoughts refused to settle.

They spun endlessly, colliding into one another relentlessly. Every time I thought I’d reached some fragile understanding, another memory surfaced.

Brooke was the one who finally broke the silence.

“You mentioned earlier,” she began, her voice gentle and measured, as though she were stepping through a minefield, “that someone was injecting Victor.”

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