Chapter 27
Zara POV
I sat on the worn, beige sofa in the same living room where I had spent countless hours as a child. The familiar surroundings were a bittersweet reminder of the life I had left behind. It had been three years since I'd lived in this city with my family, before the wedding that had changed everything. Now, I was back in the same city, but it felt like a different world. The streets, the buildings, even the people seemed to have changed, leaving me feeling like a stranger in my own hometown.
I had been struggling to adjust to my new life, to find a new sense of purpose. I had been looking for work, but so far, I had been met with rejection after rejection. To make ends meet, I had sold some of my belongings, trying to make the little I had stretch as far as possible.
