I Died the Day You Cheated
“If he weren’t still operationally useful to the family, I would’ve put a bullet in him myself.”
Originally, the plan had been simple: I would survive, return home, reveal everything, and ask Zane to forgive the deception.
But somewhere along the way, I rewrote the ending.
Instead of walking back into his life, I died in that explosion—clean, convincing, perfect enough that no one in the family would question it.
Afterward, I erased myself properly: a new name, altered records within the family network, a different country stamped into my passport, and a flight that carried me far enough away that even memory felt distant.