Trapped In Lies
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That was the last line of the email.
I stared at the screen, and for the first time in months, I smiled.
The day I returned to the desert, Dan showed up at the airport.
He had lost a shocking amount of weight, and his eyes were bloodshot. His shirt was crumpled, as though he had not changed in days.
“Stella, I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry.”
He reached for my hand, but I pulled away.
“You stole five years of my life, destroyed my family, and killed my father. Do you really think saying you’re sorry changes any of that?”