Wounds We Share

Sylvia's short sentence carried a weight that tugged unexpectedly at the heart.

Cleo had resented her before. To her, Sylvia was just another woman who couldn't handle her marriage falling apart, a hysterical mess lost to anger and despair.

But after learning that Sylvia had once worked at Goldriver Estate, Cleo found herself softening. She remembered the daily glasses of fresh vegetable juice Syl