Chapter 94 – The Distance That Keeps Growing
POV: Liora
I was becoming very good at pretending.
The realization came to me one morning while sitting through breakfast, listening to conversations I barely heard and smiling at comments I couldn't remember five seconds later.
Nobody seemed to notice.
Or perhaps they noticed and chose not to say anything.
Either way, I had learned how to make it look like everything was fine.
I knew when to smile.
I knew when to nod.
I knew how to answer questions without revealing how exhausted I truly was.
The performance had become second nature.
Unfortunately, pretending for everyone else was much easier than pretending for myself.
Because no matter how calm I appeared on the outside, I was unraveling on the inside.
Every day brought another memory.
Another fragment.
Another life.
Sometimes they arrived as flashes.
Sometimes they came as dreams.
