562 The Twin's Secret

Five years was long.

But it also felt too short.

Harriet wanted it all to end, but she also wished she had more time. Her children grew to be big and smart, but her husband couldn't witness any of it all. She wished...

She wished Liam could see what she had experienced all this time. She wanted to share her life with him and her time to be spent alongside him.

She wanted him to grasp her hand back, to return her embrace.

But he was motionless.

All the night she spent sleepless just staring at his face, all the full moon she hoped he would suddenly wake up...

Just like the first time they met.

Today, she climbed that spiral staircase.

The old days when she hated high places and cringed at how tall the tower was, had gone completely. She felt like she could fly and would not fear the fall anymore. She was unafraid now, partly because she had nothing to lose.

Or she thought so.