After the Second Sunrise
Still, he stood by me, a silent sentinel, until I was ready to take a chance on him–on us.
The hurt I endured was carved into my soul, and I was done waiting.
Three days later, at "Tania's" funeral, each guest discovered an unexpected package waiting for them.
Confused, they opened the box and found it stuffed with photographs and damning evidence.
The photos told a chilling story: a young Juliana, only 10 at the time, shoving me into a pool, trying to end my life in its watery depths.
Years later, she lived a double life, secretly supporting a kept man, her nights filled with wild revelry, her true, unflattering self captured in those images.