Two years later, everything in my life had improvedā¦ After moving in with Eva, I spent the first few months looking for a job.Ā After I had no luckā¦business began to pick up at Lindaās 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.Ā I could hear everything going on downstairsā¦it sounded very lively. I quickly washed up and dressed in a plain, blue cotton dress, before going downstairs.Ā Everyone was gathered around the kitchen.Ā Eva was cooking breakfast and Linda, Greg and Crisann were all sitting around the table.Ā …
Eva led me to the same door that I had passed through so many times beforeā¦ āIām guessing that this must have been your old bedroom,ā she said after she opened the door and stepped in. āOh my god!Ā Itās still furnished the same!ā I said as I looked around; feeling as if I had…
I was back in Sunset Valley where Nick and I grew up.Ā Being back reminded me of the simpler timesā¦before marriage, before parenthood, before the business moveā¦ ā¦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,…
Driving away was hard, because I desperately wanted Nick back. Not the Nick that Iād just left behind, but the Nick I knew before Carmina came along.Ā I should have been happy to be leavingā¦I was finally rid of Carmina, but the costā¦the cost was far too high. As I drove, my mind drifted back…
I stopped by the police station to pick up my car and then to the hospital after leaving the cafĆ©.Ā I entered the intensive care expecting to see Nick and Carminaā¦ ā¦instead, there was a nurse changing the sheets of the bed that Carmina was in just a few hours ago. I knew that Carmina…
I stepped out of the taxi feeling light-headed and dizzy. I reminded myself to breathe.Ā I couldnāt tell exactly how old the little girl was, but I knew that if she was my baby that she was seven.Ā I also knew that if she was my baby, then she only had one eye.Ā I wanted…
My police escort parked the car in front of the hospital and led me into the building. He stopped and asked a nurse that was sitting at a desk for Carminaāslocation.Ā After she told him, I followed him to intensive care. It didnāt take us very long to find Nick and Carmina.Ā Nick looked tense;…
The police didnāt even bother to cuff meā¦there was no way I was going to resist arrest.Ā The older cop led me into an interrogation room and forced me into a chair.Ā āDid you try to kill your daughter?āĀ He asked with his back turned as if he was having a hard time facing me.Ā Ā Ā …
I continued to check the newspaper daily during the seven years that Carmina was with us.Ā I just couldnāt figure out why she was never reported missing or who she belonged toā¦and why werenāt they trying to find her? Why wasnāt I arrested and in prison for my crime?Ā Just then, an idea came to…
