Chapter 1 - The Shattered Promise
The cake was perfect.
Pink flowers.
Sugar pearls.
The room was full.
Laughter.
Joy.
I was finally pregnant.
The dream I fought for.
Seven long years.
Then, the door opened.
She walked in.
A woman in blue.
Heavily pregnant.
Coldly poised.
The room went silent.
She looked at Ethan.
"Sweetheart," she said.
"You never mentioned this."
The world tilted.
Ethan looked sick.
"Who are you?" he stammered.
"I'm his wife," she said.
She touched her belly.
"Carrying his child."
The shock hit me.
Hard.
Ethan reached out.
"Ava, don't listen."
I took a breath.
I looked at her.
"If you're his wife," I asked.
"What is his full legal name?"
The woman went pale.
Ethan froze.
The air grew thin.
From the back, my father rose.
His face was ash.
He looked at her.
"Ava," he whispered.
"I know that woman."
The room stopped breathing.
This wasn't a stranger.
May you like
This was a ghost.
And the truth was about to destroy us all.
