And that night, her father asked, “You seem different. Everything okay?”
By the second week, Elara stopped saying hello to the quiet kids. She stopped holding doors. She laughed when someone tripped in the hallway—not cruelly, but carelessly. The bow had given her confidence, but somewhere along the way, it had taken her empathy as payment. red hair bow
That’s when things began to shift.
But on the eighth day, she noticed the whisper. And that night, her father asked, “You seem different
She handed the bow to the girl. “Burn it. Please.” And that night