NINA'S POV

I looked up at them and smiled. “My plan start with him.”

Nelson stared at me suspiciously while Becca looked at me quietly without saying anything.

Two weeks later, the nurses removed the bandages from my face as my heart refused to stop beating. I tightened both hands together nervously. Becca stood beside me while the doctor smiled.

"The surgery was successful," he said. "There are still little swelling, but within a few weeks, your face will heal completely."

I nodded slowly, but my eyes were on the mirror sitting on the table as I swallowed hard. I wasn't ready to look at myself.

For years, I had...