The Masked Barbie’s Sin(8). 🫦💦💦

Lira’s POV

I barely survived the next week.

Every time my mom looked at me I felt like she could see the dirty truth spread right across my face. She was quieter now, but her eyes had this secret glow. She touched her neck more often, like she was remembering Lucas’s mouth there. My dad noticed nothing. He was only excited about the upcoming evangelism cruise: the big week-long boat trip where the whole church would worship, pray, and “reach the lost.” He kept talking about it at dinner like it was going to be a spiritual breakthrough.

I knew it was going to be...