Chapter 7 The hand on screen kept moving-stiff and awkward, but the lines were still sharp and confident. slowly sketching those windowsill marks, with tiny notes beside them: Sept. 10, 2019: Skylar vs Blake, 0 11 slake felt like someone took a sledgehammer to his chest. He stumbled backward and knocked over a display stand. eople gasped and stared, but he couldn't look away from that hand. he palm scar, the way her index finger curved inward when she drew, even the calluses from years of gripping pencils too tight... very detail was screaming the truth- his was skylar! Hey everyone, I'm... remembered how she kept saying: "Give me back my work!" rely stand up straight, how she kept falling down. irns out she wasn't faking anything, wasn't stealing. ie WAS Genesis. he idol he'd been chasing for five years, the person he said he'd never catch up to. ut he'd hurt her in the cruelest way possible, Blake, what's wrong?" rittany grabbed his arm, panic in her voice, You're scaring me!" Blake violently shoved her away. GET OFF ME!" Brittany froze, completely shocked. Chapter 7 "You said Sky attacked you, right?" Blake's stare could've cut glass: "Tell me how someone with ALS beat you up! TELL ME This is YOUR fault-you made me think the worst of Skylart" Before Brittany could react. Blake slapped her so hard she hit the floor. Blake, let me explain- he tried crawling toward him. I SAID GET LOST!" lake kicked her away and sprinted toward the hospital like his life depended on it. Then he burst into the ICU, I was staring out the window at nothing. s the disease got worse, none of my muscles would listen to me anymore. I even needed a machine just to breathe, let alone talk. e rushed to my bedside, voice shaking so hard he could barely speak: ky... lar... I'm sorry..." lowly moved my eyes to look at him. Seeing his face made tears well up. ght then, he was the last person I wanted to see. After competing for so long, I didn't want him seeing me this weak and broken. Why didn't you tell me you were sick?" m done competing. Just get better, please..." ≥ squeezed my hand so tight, his whole body trembling. ept mumbling "I'm sorry" over and over. lat's when we heard high heels clicking in the hallway. Brittany walked in holding her swollen face. lake, you actually HIT me because of her? She's just faking sick for sympathy!" he was always jealous of us getting together, so she sabotaged you in high school. Now she's playing victim to manipulate you. How can you be so stupid!" ake spun around, his stare colder than ice. aking sick?" e kicked Brittany down and threw my medical files in her face. YOU lie there and fake it for me!" With that, he pulled out his phone and showed a security video. he footage showed Brittany deliberately stomping on my hand, force-feeding me Coke, and telling people "Skylar's a total fraud, just trying to scam charity oney." Blake, I was just trying to help you beat her!" lake barely glanced at Brittany. When I win, I win FAIR AND SQUARE!"