The Suffocating Silence

Vivienne’s POV

The morning air was cool and crisp as I stepped out of the car. My heart was pounding, each beat echoing louder than the last. Declan’s house stood ahead of me, but it felt hauntingly lifeless. I couldn’t stop replaying Mrs. Hale’s words from the night before, her desperate plea, her tears. It weighed on me like a burden I couldn’t shrug off.

After dropping the kids at school, I’d p