Beyond the Dead Bedroom

he city sunlight fe

nightstand. A barrage of texts fr

you two are thinking about star

we need to solidify the fam

alliance will be ceme

orming in my stomach. Legacy. Alliance.

in a silk robe. The notification sounds

ne, then at me, a sne

y mother to get into m

ns. For a fleeting second, I saw something flicker in her eyes as she looked at my chest, an unwelcome

announced, her voice crisp and businessli

angements? What arra

ust turned and walked i

enly felt suffocated by, I found myself

Tori?" I asked, my vo

the window, a pictur

ing in a quiet, upscale neighborhood. The sign re

od ran