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My name is Claudia Morales , I’m thirty-four years old, and for seven years I believed I was married to a normal man. Javier Ortega was charming in public,…

I practically ran back to the restaurant when I realized I’d forgotten my purse. It was barely ten o’clock at night, the place was still…

I quit my job and used my own savings to buy my dream house by the sea so I could finally relax—then on the very…

Chapter 1: The Sapphire Shard The Tesla Model S Plaid was parked in Mom’s driveway, its metallic deep blue paint catching the late afternoon sun…

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The scent of funeral lilies is a specific kind of suffocation. It is a cloying, heavy sweetness that coats the back of your throat, tasting…





