The Guilty Girl

“The truth doesn't just set you free. It burns everything down first.”

Living with a secret for fifteen years eats you from the inside. Stella carries that weight every single day.

Small towns have long memories. People there still look at Stella like she is that same girl in the woods.

“I don't know what's real and what's a nightmare anymore.”

Memory is such a fickle thing when you are traumatized. Stella cannot even trust her own mind about that night.

Friendship can turn into a cage so quickly. Those girls were bonded by a tragedy that eventually strangled them.