FALLEN PROMISE
But inside, she knew, as much as it tore at her heart, that she couldn’t keep her daughter in hiding forever.
“Mommy! Don’t let me go, please!” Clarissa begged, her voice high-pitched and tearful as she clung to Carmela with desperate hands. Her wide, frightened eyes locked onto her mother’s, searching for reassurance that would never come. Carmela’s heart shattered at the sound of her daughter’s plea. Clarissa, once so full of joy and innocence, was now consumed by fear, and it was Carmela’s fault. She had failed to keep her safe from the cruelty of the world. The words twisted in her chest, but she couldn’t bring herself to speak the truth: there was nothing left to protect Clarissa from t
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