BEYOND THE CONTRACT
“You should go, dear. It’s getting late.”
Sophia stood. “Thank you, Mrs. Henderson. For telling me.”
“Be careful, Sophia,” the woman said quietly. “Sometimes, the people we think we know… we never really know them at all.”
Those words echoed in Sophia’s head as she stepped outside. The sky was gray, the air thick with the scent of earth after rain. She walked down the street slowly, feeling the world tilt under her feet.
She wanted to scream. To ask someone why. To wake up and find out it was all a dream.