I Was Never Part of Their Story novel Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Caleb was sent to the hospital, where he died three weeks later, all alone in the VIP ward. Before passing away, he signed an agreement to donate his body.

One month later, Talia sent me a voice message. The asylum called to say that Aria killed herself this morning.”

In the second year of my marriage to Shawn, I gave birth to a beautiful and adorable little girl.

Outside the window, dusk settled over the city while neon lights slowly flickered to life.

With one arm carrying our daughter, Shawn linked the fingers of his other hand with mine. The wedding band on our ring fingers gleamed like molten gold in the twilight.

Those who had once hurt me had now become nothing more than insignificant ink blots in the story of my life. As I turned the page, a new beginning awaited me, born from the warmth spreading from my hand.