Dead Man's Hand

I used to have it all, but then I was betrayed by my own uncle.

I should be dead, but my sister pulled me out of the wreckage of my life and gave me another chance.

No one can know who I really am.

So, I ran away, hiding out to live the rest of my miserable life in peace. But nightmares of my past transgressions make sure that never happens.

Until her.

When her car spun off the road, I should have left her to die. She wasn't my concern, but when I saw her desperate eyes pleading with me to save her, I couldn't turn my back.

With every day that passed, I found myself needing to be closer to her, to help her remember who she was.

But like everything else in my life, finding those answers could be dangerous.

She wasn't just a random stranger.

She wasn't innocent.

But now she's mine, and I won't let her walk away.