- Elizabeth -
As the first light of dawn seeped through the curtains, casting gentle shadows across the room, I found myself wide awake, tangled in the sheets, and lost in a whirlpool of thoughts. My mind raced back to the past few days, each moment replaying like a poignant film reel, fraught with tension and nostalgia.
My father's retirement party had been a masquerade of joy and celebration, but beneath the surface, storms brewed. His speech echoed through my mind, the proud way he introduced Nathan as the new CEO—a man who was responsible for my years of suffering in matters of the heart and now apparently in business, too. The loathing I felt toward him was a palpable force, yet what gnawed at me deeper was the revelation that struck like lightning: Hayle beside him, her triumphan
