Bitter Denial

~IVY’S POV~

My hands wouldn't stop shaking.

The apartment door slammed behind me. I pressed my back against it, chest heaving like I'd run a marathon. The quietness felt wrong. Too calm. Too still.

I didn't push her.

I didn't.

The words played in my head like a broken song. Valerie had slipped. She lost her balance. That's what happened. That's the only thing that happened.

My phone buzzed in my p