Synopsis

The transaction settled a weight, but not the one she carried. Paying him felt like a necessary, if unwelcome, step. Now, the real work began – the fragile mending of bridges. She found Xanthe in the sunroom, the light catching in her hair. This wasn't about the money; it was about something deeper, something raw and exposed. It was time for honesty, a reckoning with the truth she’d been avoiding. Would this be the moment she finally laid bare her soul? The question hung unspoken in the air, hea