“If you speak, you will destroy this family.”
Just a little longer
“NO. If I remain silent, I will destroy it.”
From that moment on, the relationship between us had definitely changed.
Ethan had helped me.
But I never told my family everything.
Not even that, three years earlier, I had married the man I loved.
I returned to the ballroom.
Sophie was still near the stage.
She wore a white dress covered in small crystals.
She looked like a princess.
When he saw me, his eyes widened.
“Clara?”
“Yes.”
“Where have you been?”
I looked at her.
«To change.»
Sophie looked down.
“Dad was back.”
I almost laughed.
“Dad was different.”
She remained silent.
“Clara, it was just a joke.”
Those words hurt me more than I wanted to admit.
“A snack?”
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