~~PEYTON~~
OLIVIA: You've forgotten about me, you ungrateful child. You and I need to have a serious talk.
Tucked right there between Odin's increasingly frantic messages, a new text catches my eye. Sent just an hour ago. From my one and only stepmom.
My stomach clenches hard. Just as I think I'm getting a handle on this messed-up morning, she has to pop up.
A fresh wave of pure dread washes over me. This is different from the annoyance Odin always causes. This is a deeper, colder kind of unease, the kind that whispers your problems are just getting started.
Olivia. Just thinking her name sucks the air right out of me. She's a master manipulator, always finding a way to make me feel like I owe her, even when she's the one who makes my life a living hell.
"You owe me, Peyton. I took y
