Today's chapters are a shoutout to all mothers out there🥰. This is a love letter to all of you. To the moms who hold us when the world feels too heavy… To the ones whose hugs feel like home and whose words feel like healing… To the women who show up every day—tired, overwhelmed, but never giving up… This is for you💕. Whether you’re raising a child on your own, supporting one from afar, or simply loving with all you have. You are seen, you are appreciated, and you are extraordinary😊 Thank you for being our safe place, our strength, and our first taste of unconditional love. We love you endlessly❤️. With all my heart, Evelyn.
I shake my head, redirecting my eyes to the chart. Work. Focus. This is what I came here for.But then, a sound cuts through the stillness. A groan of strained metal, faint but wrong. My skin prickles.I glance up. One of the overhead rigs, the kind used to support heavy monitoring equipment, is swa
The smell of fresh coffee greets me the moment I step into the building. For once, it’s comforting instead of bitter. I swipe my badge, hear the familiar click of the security gate, and tell myself today will just be normal and ordinary.The receptionist lifts her head from her computer and smiles.
Her words send a chill down my spine. If Aunt Ava is already connecting the dots, then it's only a matter of time before the truth is out... I have to do something.I push the spoon through the panna cotta, swirling the berries around. My chest feels heavy. “And then there is Noah. He sat across fro
By the time I push my front door open, I’m ready to collapse face-first onto the nearest flat surface. My whole body feels wrung out, like I’ve just run a marathon I didn’t sign up for. My feet drag against the wooden floor, and I already imagine curling under my blanket with Blackie.But when I loo
My jaw aches from clenching it, but the burn in my chest only grows hotter, spreading until it feels like fire under my ribs. They’re mine. Chloe’s and mine. And yet they’re smiling about Sierra like she’s some blessing dropped onto their laps. Like she belongs here.She doesn’t because she’s nothin
Noah.I stay outside long after Sierra’s footsteps fade down the path. The swing creaks under me as I push it back and forth, my jaw tight, her words clawing at me.Manipulative and a liar.The word scrapes raw across my chest, cutting me down over and over again until my soul feels like nothing but