A Life Rewritten

Silent tears slipped down Maeve’s cheeks, leaving damp, glistening trails against her pale skin as she stared at the worn parchment in her trembling hands. The familiar, looping handwriting of her mother blurred before her green eyes. She sat near the edge of the mattress in her new Canadian bedroom, the faint, distant hum of morning traffic outside her window fading into the background.

*My swee