Miami Confession

Kaelia

The room tilted, sharp and sudden. I clung to the bed, my fingers digging into the silk sheets. "You killed her."

"Yes." He didn’t hesitate. Didn’t try to soften it.

"You killed a woman named Carmen in Miami." I needed to say it out loud, just to hear how it sounded, how it landed outside of my own racing thoughts.

"Five years ago. Yes."

I could barely breathe. I shot up, needing space betw