Owned by my husband’s boss
He stared at the cover for a long moment, wondering if he should open it.
Finally, he flipped it open.
The initial pages were entirely filled with Stella’s mundane, personal thoughts, so he kept rapidly turning the pages over, searching. Suddenly, his eyes caught the exact passage he was looking for. Stella’s neat handwriting stared back at him:
Will I eternally be punished by God for failing Anna? She isn't my biological daughter, but she will always be mine. Her real mother, Annabel, was so incredibly good to me... which is why watching Mr. Jeffery brutally take her life and her husband's life that horrific day still completely haunts my every waking hour. I swear I will never, ever let An