16. Emotion Taunting

Ashlynn’s POV:

What in the name of—

Someone else knew my secret? My Lord! When does it end?

My phone began to tremble in my hands as I stared at the message plastered on my screen, trying to process all the feelings those nine emotion–taunting words stirred up in me.

I wanted to hurl my phone across the bathroom and watch it shatter against the doors of one of the stalls but that wouldn’t solve the grievous matter at hand, and for some reason I couldn’t bring myself to look away from the text just yet.

So many questions ran through my mind, the winning set of troubled inquiries were;

‘Who is this person?’

‘Where is this person?’

‘And how does this person know my secret?’

I made sure to dispose of everyone who had gotten a hold of anything incriminating that would expose me. So how come this person knows my secret… and is alive?

A wave of fear ravaged my being, and I began to sweat profusely. My hands were still trembling, my knees were buckled and it felt like they woul