_{leftoverfear.}    

_{❝   don’t say that.   ❞        because it was exactly what audrey was already feeling,      and she couldn’t dwell on that    —–     she had to believe they could quit this before it got worse.       ❝    that’s why we get ourselves out of it.       we’re SMARTER this time.      we can make it,    ❞       she assured,      though she wasn’t sure she completely believed it all   —–      she just had to try.     the longer this went on,       the more likely it was that the secrets she was keeping would be exposed,     and there was nothing she wouldn’t do to keep that under wraps.         hand rubbed her arm in a comforting manner,      keeping her taller frame close to her body.       ❝    you’re not going to be EITHER of those.       you’re going to survive this.      we all are.      we just have to eb smarter this time,        we have to be more careful.      that means we stick together always,      got it?   ❞}    

_{but the anxiety couldn’t stop.   gears wildly inside brain trying desperately to figure this all out    ——     ,   but each POSSIBLE SUSPECT seemed like a red herring.   motives weren’t clear enough.     ❛     but don’t you see? don’t you see how this all just   ——–     ,   SPINS AND FEEDS  on itself?   we always think we’re}   one step closer   _{to  figuring this out and you know what happens?   somebody winds up dead.     ❜       she knew she couldn’t possibly be the only one feeling this wave of paranoia    ,    being barely able to sleep at night or even be alone in her own house anymore without FLINCHING at every creak or suspicious sound.    not with emma’s hallucinations and audrey’s recent weird behavior.    did noah even sleep?    head shook   ,   fighting to keep voice steady.     ❛     i’m  just    —–     ,    i’m tired of always thinking we have the answer only to come up short with nothing.    and i’m getting real sick of losing.      ❜}