Chapter 48 - She Returned To The Pool
Two years after the pool party, Clara returned to the estate pool.
She almost laughed when she realized she had avoided the place for so long.
The pool looked ordinary.
Blue water.
White stone.
Quiet garden.
Nothing remained of the night that had changed her life.
She sat beside the water.
Marcus joined her.
“You came back.”
“Yes.”
“How does it feel?”
Clara looked at the water.
“Small.”
He laughed.
“The pool?”
“The memory.”
She smiled.
“I thought this place was where my life ended.”
“And?”
“It wasn't.”
She dipped her fingers into the water.
“It was where one version of my life ended.”
Marcus nodded.
“And the next one began.”
Clara looked toward the garden.
She remembered the woman she had been.
Then she looked at the woman she was now.
No husband.
No best friend.
No old estate.
No need for revenge.
But she had a company.
Friends.
Purpose.
Freedom.
And something she had never possessed before.
May you like
Complete ownership of herself.
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