Chapter 171


    After getting treated by Dr. Winston, Chloe started feeling a lot better.


    But then Lisa came back. Leah ditched her and even held a grudge. On top of that, Linda and Lucas betrayed her, too.


    Chloe''s depression came roaring back, even turning into bipr disorder. She even tried to end her life because of it.


    Dr. Winston was the one who pulled her back from the edge.


    Still, Chloe knew deep down she was a ticking time bomb. She seemed carefree and easygoing on the outside, but every day was a battle with those dark feelings.


    Sometimes she won, sometimes she didn''t.This belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.


    The worst part was the splitting headaches that came with her re-ups. She''d had migraines since she was a kid.


    Leah took her all over the ce, looking for help. They even lived in Eldridge City for a while, trying to find a cure.


    Those headaches were like an unwee shadow but weren''t that frequent when she was growing up.


    Then, three years ago, everything blew up, and her migraines just got worse. When the pain was too much, she had to rely on painkillers.


    Chloe pulled over to the side of the road. With trembling hands, she grabbed a little pillbox from the glovepartment. It was her go-to for pain relief, but she hadn''t needed it in a while.


    Ever since she moved in with Connor, her sleep had gotten way better, and the migraines stopped.


    Chloe opened the pillbox only to find it empty. She had no more painkillers left.


    She got angry, fast and tore through every corner of the car, but there was nothing.


    Her head felt like it was going to explode. Her frustration grew, and then her eyesnded on the diary.


    All the awful things Linda had done came rushing back, like tiny worms gnawing at her nerves. She became increasingly agitated.


    Chloe suddenly restarted the car and


    headed straight for an apartmentplex. Her head was pounding, her vision blurry, but she made it to Lotus Apartments, where she knew Linda lived.


    She stumbled out of the car, climbed up to the second floor, leaned against the doorframe, and knocked.


    The door opened quickly.


    Linda stood there. "Chloe, what are you doing here?"


    Linda looked surprised, but Chloe didn''t waste any time. She reached out and grabbed Linda by the throat.


    Chloe''s eyes were bloodshot. "Linda, why? Why did you hurt me? I was so good to you. Why did you destroy everything?"


    Chloe''s grip tightened. She knew Taekwondo, so she was way stronger than most people.


    Linda was choked and couldn''t fight back. Her face turned red, and she couldn''t get a word out.


    She wed desperately at Chloe''s


    hand,


    Chloe was like a rock, Her


    grip only got tighter. She looked like


    a demon crawling out of hell.


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    Her beautiful face turned grotesque under the harsh white light. "Linda, just go to hell." Her grip intensified.


    Blood trickled from Linda''s lips, then


    from her eyes, nose, and ears. The blood seeped onto Chloe''s hands, she didn''t seem to


    Her hand kept squeezing.


    Snap.


    Chloe finally strangled Linda''s neck.