C76 Trap

"Don't do anything stupid, Bernice." Alexander's voice was taut as a thread, cutting through the silence in the room.

Bernice barely heard him. She was glued to her phone's screen. Her mind was caught in the endless loop of the video.

Luca sat on a chair, blindfolded, crying. Sobs racked his lean shoulders up and down. Every word deeper and deeper in the knife to her heart. That cold