Rose Without Her Jack
Two days ago, when I returned to my parents' house, I saw Chloe on a video call with Mickey.
She called him Jack and mentioned the orphanage.
It felt like a bolt of thunder struck me in the chest.
That name—Jack—split something open inside me. The past, long buried and quiet, surged back like a tidal wave.
I wanted—no, needed—to confront her. But before I could, she knocked me out and locked me away.
She mocked my naivety, forced some drug down my throat that took my voice, stole my phone and every piece of ID I had, then staged a scene where she played the victim—left behind on a mountain by me.