Dolly’s
Point of View
The
instant I spot her, the world around me vanishes. The babble of other
contestants turns into a faint buzz, the camera flashes and clinking glasses
become white noise. My body tenses up, my breath stops, as my brain tries to
make sense of the impossible view in front of me.
Caroline.
She
stands there, alive, breathing radiating a self-assurance that makes my gut
twist with discomfort. My nails sink into my palm, my heart races with a blend
of disbelief and fury.
She
should have been dead.
After
the divorce, I thought she had vanished into thin air consumed by her own
failure. I pictured her shattered, adrift crushed by the fact that she had lost
everything. I assumed she'd be scraping by forgotten by everyone cast aside
like the pitiful woman she'd always been. Because from the very beginning that
is how it should be. She has no place in Knoxx and she has no rights to be!
But
instead—
She's
here.
And she
looks even more stunning than she did three years ago. I
