Natalie romano
My heart pounded at my dad's silence.
“I only showed you her pictures and told you she got sick and died but that's not what really happened. I just said that to protect you from the life but now you already know, there's nothing to hide anymore" he finally spoke up
I stared at him, my heart pounding. "What are you talking about? What happened to her?"
He leaned against the railing, his hands gripping it tightly as if it were the only thing keeping him steady. "Your mother didn’t die of an illness, Natalie. She was murdered.”
“The words hit me like a train, knocking the air out of my lungs. "M-murdered?" I stammered, my voice barely audible.
He exhaled shakily, as though the weight of the past was pressing down on him. “Your mother and I... we didn’t have much, Natal
