Chapter 24 The Thin Line Between Truth And Lies

• A silent certainty sank into Zara’s chest as she stood by the window, watching the sun rise gently. It was a new day, and as usual, the sun filtered through Zara’s window. But unlike other mornings, this one carried more weight. She had decided to start the journey, and now, after so much thought, she spent the whole night toiling and tossing on the bed, thinking about what could and could not be. Her mind was in an unending loop, from the dream and its content to Micheal being in her house suddenly. No matter how she tried to assume it was a coincidence, nothing seemed to be aligning in that direction. She just couldn’t shake the feeling that Micheal might know more than he had let on. Behind his smith concern, something was looming, something dark, mysterious, and calculated. The man with whom she was supposed to spend the rest of her life—time had begun to unravel a side of him she had never seen, a side big enough to break her.
• Deeply exhaling, she picks up her phone, composing a brief but strategic text.
• Zara: