Violet 

The room was so silent you could hear a pin drop. I could feel every single pair of eyes on me, even Silas’s, but I didn’t look up. I just stared at the now blank phone in my hand. The video had ended a few seconds ago, and I hadn’t even noticed how tightly I’d been holding it until my fingers went numb. 

Somewhere in the background the lawyer was still babbling, begging for his life, but I didn’t hear him.

Sometimes there’s a moment when your emotions stop making sense. Sadness, anger, guilt, rage, all of it mixing together until you don’t even know what you’re supposed to...