Echoes of the past

POV: Silvia It’s funny how full-circle moments come without fireworks.They don’t announce themselves. No dramatic music. No slow-motion montage of your transformation. Just you, standing backstage with slightly trembling hands, wondering how the hell you got here without falling apart.The luxury convention center smelled like citrus, lavender, and nerves. I was scheduled to speak at 2:15 PM on Panel B: Women in Power: Beauty and Business. I’d laughed when the invite first arrived, half-convinced it was a prank or an elaborate setup to put me in a room with the same women who once whispered behind my back.But it was real.The badge around my neck said so.Silvia Moretti – Founder, Model, Advocate.Three words. A whole damn journey.I adjusted the mic clipped to my lapel and looked down at my cue cards. They were shaking slightly in my hand. Not enough to panic - but enough to remind me I still cared. That I wasn’t

Last Updated : 2025-07-17

Letters and Shadows

POV: Silvia It arrived on a Wednesday.Of course it did. Nothing life-altering ever shows up on a Monday. Mondays are too obvious. Wednesdays sneak up on you.The envelope was pale blue.Not cream. Not white. Blue.My name was written across the front in that neat, slanted handwriting I hadn’t seen in months but could still recognize in my sleep.Philip’s handwriting.I didn’t open it.Not right away.I just stood in the kitchen, coffee forgotten, the city humming outside the window like it had no idea that a ghost had slipped through my mail slot.There was no return address. Just my name. And weight.I didn’t realize how long I stood there until the sunlight moved across the tile and the coffee in my mug went cold.---I ended up on the balcony, wrapped in one of Calvin’s oversized sweatshirts, the envelope still untouched in my hand. It felt too quiet outside

Last Updated : 2025-07-18

All Chapters of Beautiful But Unlucky : Chapter 81 - Chapter 82

Echoes of the past

Letters and Shadows