The Forgotten Heiress: A Decade Erased

The place was empty. Caleb was at school, and Ethan an

expensive, drab clothes I didn't recognize. Tucked away in the v

the latches. My beautiful acoustic guitar was inside, bu

ourn

ptimistic script of my twenty-year-old self, filled the pages. I read about f

my mother died. The words were smudged with tear stains. I w

The key. The moment e

as hiding in the garden, trying to escape the sympath

r father assured me the family fortune is secure. He said you're

. My father had lied to him, jus

't even control, a fortune he thought belonged to my stepsister. Later that night, hurt an

ad over

ving him, of wanting to throw away our future on a whim. He didn't believe my explanations. That

t was all a terrible mistake. I could explain it to him. He would understand. Th

wall. Today's date was circled

as teenagers, sitting on the hood of his old car. "No

naive hope, made a decision. I was going to

that reminded me of something my younger self would have worn. I did my

He was probably there right now, celebrating with Jennifer and Caleb. I wo