Echo Of A Dream

“You can’t go to the meeting.”

The words slipped out of Elena’s mouth before she even knew what she was saying.

And then she froze.

Her own voice echoed in her head, sharp and heavy, making her chest tighten. She hadn’t meant to say it like that.

God, no. Not like that. Yes, she had planned to tell her today. She had woken up with that heavy decision—that today, no matter how ridiculous she sound