Daniel

      

      

    I couldn’t move. I stood there and watched her leave, the door slamming shut behind her. 

 

    Her words rang over and over inside my head. Matteo can’t ruin what you already destroyed. 

    In the past, it had crossed my mind that maybe she found out. That she discovered I was lying to her, keeping the secrets of my family from her. But I had hoped if that was the case, she would have come to me, confronted me, and demanded answers and an explanation. Instead, she fucking ran from me. Disappeared.  

    Finally, after all these years, I had my answer. I knew the reason she left…and it was me....