I threw myself into work and quickly became
a huge star.
Slowly, I began to forget the past.
Until the day I returned to the country to
receive an award. and Declan called
<
Seeing his name on my phone screen still
triggered a visceral reaction, a flood of those
nightmarish memories.
They still haunted me, robbing me of sleep.
“Sierra, I heard you’re a big star now.”
“How did you get into showbiz? You’re
amazing.”
“Oh, and I heard you’re back in the country.
Are you free? I’d like to treat you to a meal.”
In those three short sentences, I heard
Declan’s real motive.
Now that I had money and fame, he was
trying to suck up to me.
Г
Had he forgotten he was the one who kicked
me to the curb?
“Declan, I will never forget what you did to
me.”
“The fact that you’re calling me now, saying these things, just makes me sick.”
I hung up.
