Somewhere Before Tomorrow

She only came to the beach to escape the exhaustion of adulthood.

The sleepless nights. The silent pressure. The overwhelming feeling of growing older while slowly losing herself.

But everything changes when she meets a strange little girl by the shore - a child with soft pink dresses, ocean-bright eyes, and a smile that feels painfully familiar.

As days pass, the little girl begins showing her the forgotten beauty of life: sincerity, wonder, kindness, and the freedom of being young before the world became heavy.

But the closer she grows to the child, the more she realizes something terrifying-

The little girl may not be a stranger at all.

A heartfelt and nostalgic story about growing up, healing your inner child, and learning that while childhood never stays forever, the person you once were will always live somewhere inside you.

DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. The names, characters, businesses, places, and events are the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.