Ashley
The wide burden I had in my heart was too much to bear. Zach didn't know the truth yet. How could I ever explain that to him? My heart tore apart every time I thought about that. That dark part of my life he still didn’t know. The dark and heart wrenching truth he was unaware of. I had to deal with that alone. I had that pain and it still burnt inside me.
I put Harvey to sleep in his bed and walked out of his room. My footsteps echoed through the dimly lit hallway as I pushed open the heavy wooden door to my bedroom.
His words echoed into my head like a strikeable bolt.
‘ Thank you so much, Ashley, for bringing such an adorable child into my life. He is the only thing that matters to us.’
His words began to haunt me as my mind bore the weight of my sorrow and my heart etched wi
