No regrets

Sophia

In and out. In and out. In through the nose and out through the mouth.

It was a well-practiced way of calming down and collecting my thoughts. Since my parents died, I have used the same technique to hold myself together for Ellie. This time, though, Ellie was safe, and I could focus on my survival.

Because that’s who I was. I was a survivor.

Maybe for a moment there, I lost all hope that I would get out of this alive. Maybe the fear for an innocent baby’s life blinded me so much that I couldn’t think rationally, but now I was back to my old self. And I had every intention of seeing Kieran again and telling him I loved him.

The only problem? Nora was all in, and she was not letting me off the hook easily. She came for me at the perfect moment, when I was the most vulnerable, and now that she had me…

I stared in front of me, remembering the sweetest moments of my old life — when my father taught me how to drive. A sad smile adorned my face as I buckled up the seat belt and set t