Vana's POV
“I did it, knowing that you would figure out its me,” Jamra stated, taking me aback by her response.
My guess was correct, and I feel relieved to know that. But there was a shattering noise that broke in my heart, a sadness that made me realize something. Jamra suffered just like me.
We may have suffered differently. Our lives may have been miserable for different reasons, but it was what drove both of us to be friends. It’s like a magnet, pulling us to each other. Because we understand each other’s pain and misery more than anyone else. Because we needed each other as a support in our broken lives.
Unlike me, who has made progress in moving forward from my broken past, Jamra is still living in her own hell, in her own misery and agony in the hands of her stepfamily. It drove her to madness.
“I never planned to frame you, Vana. But after Ezra
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