ISABELLE'S POV

The phone buzzed in my hand, the screen lighting up with a notification I hadn’t expected.

It was from Evelyn’s

And there she was on my lap, not responding… lifeless.

The world faded as I stared at the screen and the words that waited for me to read them.

**I don’t know if you’ll ever read this, but if you are, then maybe I'm gone or I'm not.

As long as Andrew is off your back.

I need you to know some things as I don't know what the future holds…

Hoping for something good.

Isabelle, I need you to know how sorry I am**

My breath hitched...