On the stage, I kept my eyes closed while tears ran down my face. In the end, I cried out in pieces, “Lizzy, how dare you die?”
My tears kept falling as the despair took over me. My pain made the crowd react all at once.
“What is happening?”
“Why does she look so broken? How could she...”
Lizzy’s father, Adam, shouted in anger, “She was just acting!”
He ground his teeth and said, “Back then, my wife knelt at her door until her knees bled and she did not open the door even once!”
“She even set dogs on people. Who could call that a good person? My daughter played with her as a child and this is how she treated the dead girl’s mother.”
Lizzy’s mother, Maya, also appeared in messy hair, holding a doll and saying over and over, “Be brave, Lizzy. Don’t be afraid.”
The crowd’s anger rose once again.
Ivana’s face went pale for a moment before turning red with anger. She stepped forward and shook me hard, her eyes widened as she shouted, “Selina, look! This is the tragedy you caused by protecting a criminal!”
“You had no parents. Lizzy and I took care of you since you were seven because we felt sorry for you. Is this how you repay us?”