"Secrets don't die with the ones who keep them. They haunt the living until they're forced into the light..."
Aminah Clarke's life shattered the night her fiancée, Hailee, died in a tragic car crash. Now, a year later, she is left with a book bar, a...
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Aminah's POV
My fingers trembled as I held the haunting letter written by my love. The silence of the room added to the already eerie aura leaking from these letters surrounding us all. The paper felt heavy in my hands, overwhelming. Abby and Robyn watch me with expactant eyes as I begin to read the letter aloud.
'Hello my love,
If you're reading this, then that means I'm no longer living, and my Uncle finally made good on his threats. I'm sorry for that, truly. I hate that I've left you alone to face the darkness in my family, and that is one of my deepest regrets.'
I paused, closing my eyes briefly as the words sank in. She'd known. She'd known this entire time and said nothing. I continued, my voice rougher now.
'There's so much I should have told you, so much you deserved to know. But I suppose regrets and "should have beens" don't matter much anymore, do they, little one? By now, you've learned what I left for you in the safe deposit boxes, and you probably know about Lauren.'
It was as if she was still alive and standing right in front of me. Her honeyed voice ringing throughout my head. Almost as if she never left this Earth. Relentlessly torturing me with her battered and twisted misconception of love.
'I imagine you're furious with me—cursing me for taking that secret to the afterlife, if there even is one. You have every right to hate me. Hell, I hate me, too right now.'
I felt Robyn shift beside me but I couldn't bring myself to look away from the page.
'I need you to know, though, that my love for you was real. Every moment, every promise—I meant it all. But I was weak Minah. I fell in love with two women and couldn't bear to truly let either of you go.'
An excruciating surge of pain coursed through my chest, her admission feeling like a knife plunging deep into my heart. Begging for me to end this suffering. To not read another word. But I've come too far, I need to hear this. Abby rested her hand gently on my shoulder in support, temporarily grounding me in that moment.
'I know there must be questions in your mind, but I can only answer what I believe matters most now. If I'm dead, please believe me. No matter how much you want to blame her—Lauren isn't behind my death. There are many things Lauren has done, but taking my life isn't one of them...'
My jaw clenches at Hailee defending her mistress even in death. A tight knot forms in my throat as I hold back the string of curses I want to release, continuing with the letter.
'No, it's uncle Owen and aunt Amelia who are to blame. They're the reason I'm dead... they're the ones responsible for the death of my parents. Everything you need to prove it is on the flash drive that you now should possess.'
