Shadow of Doubt

ROWAN’S POV

We eat terrible ice cream in Sienna’s hospital bed. Three women, three plastic cups, and the steady beep of a heart monitor keeping time like a metronome.

And the conversation that follows is the most honest I’ve had with anyone other than Vance.

Sienna starts it. She puts her ice cream down and looks at me, and the performative energy drains from her face like water from a tub.

What’s