Unhappily ever after

Chapter 14 - Love is found at the broken places

In the mess that is Olivia Woods' life, there are parts of her that is hopeful, things will turn out okay. But unfortunately after the latest A text. She knew it was too good to be true. Hope was too good to be true. Hope can heal but it can also destroy you.

Every time something has pulled her down, she has gotten back up, stronger than ever. This time, Olivia's afraid that she won't ever get back up again. And that's where love comes in. Only love can save her now. But who will save her? Only time will tell...

The girls spend the rest of the day in school, keeping quiet in their lessons, last night looming over them. As soon as the last lesson of the day is over, Olivia heads to her locker to put her books away.

She then goes into the toilets, and locks herself in the cubicle. She's about to put her bag on the hook, when she hears a few sobs from the next cubicle.

She stays silent as she listens to the cries of the girl on the other side of the wall, and she slides down onto the floor, crying with her.

When she arrives home, she finds a note from her mum on the fridge saying her and her uncle have gone out for dinner with friends.

Olivia screws up the note in her hand and throws it in the bin.

She sits down on a stall and opens her laptop and logs in to Facebook.

She realises that this is a mistake when she sees that her news feed is full of people posting about Maddy's disappearance. People already creating their own missing posters, calling out for anyone to step forward if they've seen her. Most of the students of Rosewood High have posted about her.

She happens to see a few of Alison, people thinking that history is repeating itself. The police have even issued a warning to young teens to be aware of their surroundings and to report anything suspicious to the police immediately.

But they don't know what Olivia knows. Maddy isn't missing. She's dead. Along with Ali. There's no point hiding. Because you can't hide from A. And you can't run either. As they say, she's a sitting duck.

She feels herself slip off the stall, she goes over to the fridge to open it but instead she holds onto the handle as if it's all that's holding her up.

Her hand slips off the handle and she falls to the floor. Tears roll down her face, she won't ever be able to forget what happened. "I've always wondered why you girls were ever friends with someone like her. But now I know. You were her dolls." Olivia flinches as she hears the gunshot sound from that night.

Her whole body shakes as she tries to stand up, but she can't. She's frozen. She can't move.

She feels darkness around her, closing in on her. Her eyes go blurry and she tries to adjust and she blinks her eyes fast to see properly. But all she can see is black.

She's alone in the darkness and she's screaming. She's terrified. Did someone turn the lights off? No! This doesn't make sense, it's day time. Why is she in the darkness? What had A done to her?!

She doesn't know how much time had passed but when she recovers, she opens her eyes to see Dylan crouched down in front of her, looking at her as if she's broken. Maybe she is...

"What happened?" She asks him, still shaking.

"You had a panic attack." He says, holding her hand.

She looks around her, she's sat on the kitchen floor against the fridge.

She can feel her heart racing.