Chapter 9: Home

Chapter 9: Home
One year later...
I unlocked the door to my Mission Bay condo.
The same home they had tried to steal.
Nothing had changed.
The morning sunlight still reached the kitchen.
The balcony still overlooked the bay.
But everything felt different.
Because it was finally peaceful.
There were no demands.
No manipulation.
No fear.
May you like
Only silence.
The kind that heals instead of hurts.