Shattered Peace

(Neva’s POV)

“After I read my mother’s diary,” Piper sniffed, her voice hoarse, “I decided to do my own digging… to find the boy who visited her,”

I stared at her, heart tightening.

“It took a while, but eventually I found him,” she continued. “That boy... my friend from the hospital... was Silas.”

The air in the room suddenly felt heavy.

Piper wiped her eyes, breathing slowly as if the truth was