The Fault Dwells In Our Stars

d eerie feeling from the dream pervaded my sleep, trembling in fear from the horror of m

one broke through her agony, bringing her back to reality. The phone had

intending to turn it off. A loud, insistent knocking echoed on my white door. With a

oice, laced with a sharp edge of

y blissful mood. "Why wouldn't I be okay?" I

he door?" she p

hter, I whined, "I don't wa

If you don't open the door, I

as going on? Was there a fire? Had I missed some earth-shattering news while I was bli

n, unsettling premonition. With a sigh, I shuffled

ehind the door as I opened it. "What is it?"

em. She has been my support system. She wanted what I wanted before I could say it. She

lle asked again, a

iety was an understatement of what I was feeling as

terrible from me. I feel like screaming and pulling my hai

me out laced with concern. Since Belle had bec

been posting about me?" My questions met deaf ears again. I

? Are you kidding me?" I placed my hand on my face in

broke her silence. Her gaze was fixed on me as she spoke. Wh

ace. I don't know what it was yet but my heart is racing

ook out her phone from her bag. After scrol

time to read anything, hearing it from

ed me to read. My stomach lurched, and my vision swam. Leonard's hands, thankfull

his? The headlines screamed accusations, each one a fresh slap on m

hid her identity and changed into someone else. Who knows whose id

areer on lies. Who wrote all this shit about

e. "Trending news: Izalea, whose real name is Jazlyn Gabby. Does the name Gabby ring

Izalea, the star of the latest movie, has been living under a

to ring. Who told the media all this? And how did they know I was related t

ble? What would happen to me, my career, and my mother? The thought of my mother made m

Belle's gaze. I don't want to know what she was thinking at the moment. I cl

e, "Are all these true? I know there are no

elf from Leonard's grip. "Please, leave. I

rd echoed at once. Their

back on them. "I'm sorry," I said