L.A Hologram Part 3: The Ghost That Burned by Misan Akuya

The ghosts have stopped hiding.The lies have stopped working.And Craig can no longer run from the fire that started it all.Los Angeles trembles in the afterimage of memory. Paige feels something changing in Manny—his smiles are mechanical, his words too rehearsed. Then she sees the burn scar. The one he swears he’s always had.Craig’s investigation leads him to the truth he’s spent years avoiding: the night of the fire wasn’t murder. It was hesitation. Two men haunted by one choice—one who froze, and one who watched his world burn.Now Paige is trapped between them, between what’s real and what’s already gone.In a final confrontation that blurs flesh and hologram, grief and guilt collide—and the only way out is through the flames.Because sometimes, the ghost that haunts you…is the one still breathing.