A new kind of reality

Sienna – First Person POV

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I was still holding my breath when I said it.

Renata had been making tea, moving around the kitchen like it was just another normal day. Her voice had been calm and kind all morning. But I couldn’t keep it in anymore. The secret felt too big inside me. So I told her. Quietly. Almost like I hoped she wouldn’t hear.

“I’m Vittorio’s stepdaughter.”

Silence.

I stood