The Silence Between Us ( A Flash Fiction)

A single skipping rope. A shattered birthday. A silence that lasted years.

When William dies on his thirteenth birthday, his older sister is left behind to carry the weight of a grief that isn't entirely hers. Branded a murderer by the only parent she has left, she grows up in a house where love is buried under loss and silence.

But when her mother suddenly changes, warmth returns... and just as quickly, it fades again. A final letter, and a painful goodbye force her to face the truth about what they lost and what still remains.

A story about grief, guilt, forgiveness, and the fragile hope of healing.