❝ 𝙹𝚄𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙲𝙴 𝙴𝚇𝙸𝚂𝚃𝚂. 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝙹𝚄𝚂𝚃 𝙷𝙰𝚅𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝙱𝙴 𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙾𝙽𝙶 𝙴𝙽𝙾𝚄𝙶𝙷 𝚃𝙾 𝙵𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝙸𝚃. ❞ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 Rebecca Singh is just like her mother. When she has a question, she'll keep chasing the answer until she catches it, no matter what the cost is. Only this time, it's more complicated than a broken vase. She wants to uncover the secret that her parents have been hiding from her, no matter how dark and shattering that secret is. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓. Mentions of murder; mentions of rape; trauma; assault; violence/blood; animal death; stalking; dark themes; borderline personality disorder (BPD)

Months after the Little Kilton murders are finally put to rest, life has started to look normal again-on the surface. Pip's podcasts are quiet, Ravi is always nearby, and the police have stopped calling. But Amelia, her older sister, sees what no one else does: Pip isn't sleeping. She flinches at every knock on the door. There's a darkness under her skin that no one can reach. When Pip starts talking about the man who might be following her-the one who leaves chalk figures on the driveway-Amelia tries to believe it's paranoia born from trauma. But when the fear starts creeping into their daily lives, Amelia realizes something is terribly wrong. This time, it's not a case they can walk away from. Torn between protecting her sister and keeping her own secrets-her relationship with Cara Ward quietly blossoming in the background-Amelia must face a question she's been avoiding all her life: What does it mean to love someone who keeps running toward danger? And when the unthinkable happens, Amelia's loyalty will be tested in ways she never imagined. Because this time, it's not Pip's podcast that's going to save them. It's what happens after the microphones turn off.

It's been six months since Pip Fitz-Amobi solved the Andie Bell case and cleared Sal Singh's name. For the rest of Little Kilton, life has started to move on. But for Amelia - Pip's older sister - moving on feels like pretending. The town's smiles feel forced, the reporters have finally packed up, and everyone wants to forget the Bell family tragedy ever happened. Everyone except Pip, who has sworn off detective work for good. Amelia believes her - at least, she wants to. After everything that investigation cost them, Amelia would give anything for her sister to stay safe. But when Jamie Reynolds goes missing after the memorial fundraiser, Little Kilton's secrets start seeping back through the cracks. And this time, Amelia's not content to watch from the sidelines. Amelia knows how darkness hides behind familiar faces - she's seen it up close. When Pip decides to reopen her old equipment and launch a podcast about Jamie's disappearance, Amelia is caught between two impossible roles: protective sister and reluctant witness to the truth. As Pip dives deeper into the mystery with Ravi at her side, Amelia finds herself pulled in a different direction - toward Cara Ward, the girl she hasn't stopped thinking about since that terrible night outside Kilton Grammar. Cara's still struggling with what her father did. The Ward family is a shadow of what it was, and Amelia becomes her anchor - someone who listens, who understands. But as Pip's investigation spirals - Amelia realizes she's seeing the same patterns again: secrets hidden under kindness, guilt wearing a friendly face, and the unbearable cost of the truth. When Pip's search for Jamie turns dangerous, Amelia is forced to decide how far she'll go to protect her sister this time - and whether her own heart can survive the fallout. Because as much as she's tried to deny it, the one person she's starting to fall for is tied to the very family that shattered hers.

Amelia Fitz-Amobi has always been the quiet one-the dependable older sister who keeps the peace while her younger sister, Pip, dives headfirst into mysteries and mayhem. As Pip's obsession with the Andie Bell case begins to consume the sleepy town of Little Kilton, Amelia watches from the sidelines, torn between pride and fear for the sister who never knows when to stop asking questions. But while Pip chases justice, Amelia finds herself entangled in a mystery of her own-her feelings for Cara Ward, Pip's sharp-witted best friend. What starts as late-night study sessions and shared worry over Pip's safety turns into something Amelia can't quite define. The more she tries to ignore it, the stronger it grows, until she can't tell if her heart's racing from fear of what Pip's uncovering... or from Cara's laugh. As Pip's investigation spirals into danger, Amelia becomes her reluctant protector-balancing secrets of her own while watching the truth tear through their small town. But love, like any mystery, has consequences. When Pip's discoveries threaten to destroy families and friendships alike, Amelia must decide: will she protect her sister's truth, or risk everything for her own?

Dead Horse ( Noun Phrase / idiom ) " I can 't beat a dead horse . " The act if wasting time and energy on a hopeless cause. Trying to do something impossible, or to continue discussing an issue that has already been decided, resolved, or is no longer relevant. No one knew Sal was going to kill himself on a random night in April. No one knew he'd even left the house. No one except Joey. She had seen him leave, had spoken to him, had took in, what she knew, were his last words, and it made her feel guilty. More guilty than she had ever felt before. The night replayed in her mind, and it kept replaying and replaying every night she laid in bed and stared at her glow-star ceiling. Joey had promised. She promised him. Just... keep this a secret between you and me. And she did. She hadn't told Ravi, she hadn't told anyone. There was no one to tell anyway, she didn't really have any friends. She drowned her sorrows in alcohol, and weed, drugs in general. She tried to forget how she acted out after he died, she tried to forget Max Hastings, his secrets and her own. The quid pro quo. Joey had almost completely erased it from her mind. She could almost lay in bed and not feel immense guilt and grief. But then Pippa Fitz-Amobi showed up, and the girl was more determined than ever to solve the Andie Bell case. And even more so to change Joey Locksmith for the better. *follows netflix adaption of agggtm* [ pippa fitz-amobi x FEMOC ] season one - complete ! season two - writing...

❝ only you my girl, only you babe only you darling, only you ❞ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 charly gets caught up in a supposedly solved case and pip fitz amobi's best friend. {cara ward x fem!oc} all rights to holly jackson

𝓟𝗔𝓡𝗧𝓨 𝟒 𝓤 ─────── In Which ✶ A girl's family move from london to escape the high crime rate. Little do they know, the quiet town they've chosen to live in houses a few dark secrets itself. ( cara ward x oc 𑣲⋆)

Marley Hastings hated being second best, especially when the apparent 'best' was her older brother, Max Hastings. | AGGGTM X ORIGINAL FEMALE CHARACTER |