My only instinct was to try and protect my daughter… …but first, I had to find her.  The thought of seeing her again after all of these years…after all that had happened was almost too much for me.  I would be forced to face up to the biggest mistake I’d ever made. But, I had…

After a long and silent drive, Carmina and I were back in Midnight Hollow.    After Nick’s death, our house was never put on the market.  It just sat there like a vengeful ghost waiting for me to reenter and relieve the tortures I suffered at the hands of Carmina so many years before. I could…

With all that had gone on in my life…I found myself constantly questioning my sanity; wondering if any of it was actually real.  I felt like I was caught in this one particular nightmare I used to have as a child.  Where I dreamed that I woke up one morning and everyone was an alien…

  Over the next few months, Carmina did everything she could in an attempt to break me.  My once happy life here in Spring Valley was now a living hell.  I woke up in the mornings to see strange words like beauty written in blood red lipstick on my mirror. I’d go to the bathroom…

I spent plenty of time trying to anticipate Carmina’snext move, but after years passed and I didn’t hear from her again…I thought maybe her phone call was just a part of her game.  It had been over six years; with no word from her or Nick.  After all of that time, the memory of the…

Two years later, everything in my life had improved… After moving in with Eva, I spent the first few months looking for a job.  After I had no luck…business began to pick up at Linda’s salon and she decided to hire me as a receptionist. I was in charge of answering phones and booking appointments,…

The next morning I woke up a little late.  I could hear everything going on downstairs…it sounded very lively. I quickly washed up and dressed in a plain, blue cotton dress, before going downstairs.  Everyone was gathered around the kitchen.  Eva was cooking breakfast and Linda, Greg and Crisann were all sitting around the table. …

Eva led me to the same door that I had passed through so many times before… “I’m guessing that this must have been your old bedroom,” she said after she opened the door and stepped in. “Oh my god!  It’s still furnished the same!” I said as I looked around; feeling as if I had…

I was back in Sunset Valley where Nick and I grew up.  Being back reminded me of the simpler times…before marriage, before parenthood, before the business move… …back when Nick and I first fell in love. I drove until I pulled up in front of a big house; colonial style with a green front lawn,…