Tears of a Liar

DAPHNE

The room was tense, thick with a suffocating silence that wrapped itself around my throat like a shackle. My chest felt tight, my hands trembling at my sides, but I forced myself to stand my ground. Dominic’s eyes bore into me, dark with something I couldn’t quite name—confusion, disbelief, maybe even disappointment.

I hated that look.

His mother was still on the floor, clutching her wrist