No, no, no. no! This can't be true what in the devil's name? Why am I seeing Jaro Briggs? After 20 fucking years. Did I lose my mind? "What are you doing here?" I asked scared, tense, humiliated and feeling every fucking feeling. "I might ask you the same." He said with a smirk. Damn him how in the world is he still managing to look that hot. He hasn't changed much except aged a bit yet looking lesser than his age. "This is my house for goddamn sake," I yelled. "I thought this was Mr Holder pipes house." "I am his wife. Which makes this house also mine!" "So you are a married woman with kids ? How riveting yet dumbfounding". He said. Is he complimenting me or commenting on me? "What did think I would be? A pole dancer?" I sighed. "More or less. Yet you have remained that beast always devouring anything that gets in its way." He accused. How dare he talk to me in this way, in my very own house. "It's been almost 20 years, Jaro don't act like you still know me!" I called out. "Is it so? Then why do I see you staring at my pants ?" He said with that damn smirk again. Why in the hell he showed out of nowhere and tormenting me? What he and I had is in past. Water under the bridge. "Don't tell me you still expect me to do all the things we did as teenagers." He said calmly. ************************ Michelle is an ordinary vet doctor, with a lovable husband, charismatic daughter and stupendous son. However, her routine life takes a turn with an abrupt encounter with her long-lost past boyfriend. Things get more hideous when they should share the neighbourhood. Even more complicated when her daughter Lana is strangely attracted to him. Does fate have its twisted way of unravelling her past with her family? However, her past isn't exactly water under the bridge. *Cover photo, not mine. Credit to the owners* *mature content*

"The feelings that hurt the most, the emotions that sting the most are those that are absurd - The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for whatever was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world's existence. All these half-tones of the soul's consciousness create in us a painful landscape, an eternal sunset of what we are" - Fernando Pessoa Maya and her twin, Charlotte, made arrangements to come live in Hood River under new identities - Miriam and Charlie. They arrived intending to have a clean slate, a fresh new start and life - something that they hadn't had properly until now. It was the perfect escape from their past, one they want to keep hidden and locked out of their lives. But the more they stay, the harder it is to keep their secrets hidden. Maya, especially, will struggle with the consequences that trauma has left in her. Will they be able to fit in and adapt to their new life? Caius is the town's famous bad boy. Due to his past, he has learnt to put up a tough and cold front, and he doesn't care about anything or anyone, with a few exceptions. Having everything at his feet because of his good looks doesn't help either. But that's only until a certain brunette catches his eye, this new girl who arrives in town with her twin sister. He's hell-bent on knowing more about her, but all she wants is to be left alone. Will Caius be able to bring her walls down? How will things go when he learns about Maya's demons? They are in for one hell of a ride, especially when their secrets start to come out and their past starts to catch up with them. 🥈 - Teen Fiction at Rose Gold Awards 2021 🥉 - Teen Fiction at Blue Moon Awards 2021

illy, is a young lady who thought that life would give her the best . Somehow, everything in her life has turned upside down , can she know how to deal with it ? The events of the story are real , also this story has a significance that , life can be good to some people. however , it can be cruel and hard to others. Despite everything, we should be strong and show strength to ourselves to Carry on life . ✨