Sameen's POV
The scream was still echoing when my world shattered.
My eyes followed Celeste's body tumbling down the staircase in horror, every thud of her body against the marble stairs ripping through the silence like thunderclaps.
Her cries, sharp and desperate, clawed at the air until the final slam cut her voice into a choked silence.
For a moment, my mind refused to process what had just happened. My nails dug into the wooden frame of the study door and my lungs froze.
My heart was hammering so loud it drowned out everything else.
I didn't push her on purpose, it was an accident!
I yelled in my head while staring at her, then I saw a line of red flowing from beneath her.
Blood.
I saw it bloom across her dress like spilled ink.
Her shaking hands clutched her stomach, and when she screamed "No… no…please!"
Something inside me twisted violently.
Raymond rushed past me, his voice cracking with a desperation I had never heard before.
