G̶l̶o̶o̶m̶y ̶h̶e̶i̶g̶ht
Estella Burns (fl)
The Gloomy Heights
Estella Burns (fl)
*plucked the sticky note*
Estella Burns (fl)
There. Is. No. The . Gloomy.Heights
Estella Burns (fl)
*Frustrated*
She desperately scanned the road for a street sign
Liam Burns (fl son)
*crying badly*
Estella Burns (fl)
I’m sorry, baby.
Estella Burns (fl)
We’re almost there.
Estella Burns (fl)
( We had to be close, right?)
Estella Burns (fl)
(This miserable trip had to end)
the baby was crying badly
He was only eight weeks old
Estella Burns (fl)
I’m screwing everything up, aren’t I?
Estella Burns (fl)
(Maybe I should have waited and made this trip when he was older)
Estella Burns (fl)
(Maybe I should have stayed in City)
Estella Burns (fl)
(and dealt with the bullshit)
Estella Burns (fl)
(Maybe I should have made a hundred different choices)
Estella Burns (fl)
(A thousand)
Estella Burns (fl)
After days in the car, I’d begun questioning my every decision, especially this one.
Estella Burns (fl)
Escaping the city had seemed like the best option.
Estella Burns (fl)
But now . . .
Estella Burns (fl)
like a decade ago that I’d packed up my life—
Estella Burns (fl)
our life—
Estella Burns (fl)
and loaded it into my car.
Estella Burns (fl)
Once, I’d been a girl who’d grown up in a mansion.
Estella Burns (fl)
A girl who’d had a private jet at her disposal.
Estella Burns (fl)
The realization that the only possessions truly mine would fit into a Volvo sedan was . . .
Estella Burns (fl)
humbling
Estella Burns (fl)
But I’d made my choice.
Estella Burns (fl)
And it was too late to turn back now.
Estella Burns (fl)
Thousands of miles and we’d finally made it to this town.
Estella Burns (fl)
The site of our fresh start.
Estella Burns (fl)
Or it would be if I could find The Gloomy Heights
Estella Burns (fl)
Shh. Baby.
Estella Burns (fl)
We’re almost there.
Neither did he understand nor care.
He was hungry and needed a diaper change.
Estella Burns (fl)
I’m sorry
Estella Burns (fl)
*whispered*
Tears blurred her vision.
Estella Burns (fl)
(Don’t give up)
Estella Burns (fl)
But God, I wanted to quit.
Estella Burns (fl)
How long could a person hold on to the end of their rope before their grip slipped?
Estella Burns (fl)
How long could a woman hold herself together before she cracked?
Estella Burns (fl)
*Hugged the steering wheel*
She was wishing it could hug her back
Estella Burns (fl)
Don’t give up
Estella Burns (fl)
Don’t give up.
Estella Burns (fl)
I’m sorry, Liam
Estella Burns (fl)
*murmured*
Estella Burns (fl)
I’m sorry.
Liam Burns (fl son)
*crying*
Estella Burns (fl)
A better mother would probably get out of the car.
Estella Burns (fl)
A better mother would hold her son,
Estella Burns (fl)
feed him and change him.
Estella Burns (fl)
But then I’d have to load him into his car seat again
Estella Burns (fl)
and he’d cry,
Estella Burns (fl)
like he had for the first hour of our trip this morning.
Estella Burns (fl)
Maybe he’d be better off with a different mother.
Estella Burns (fl)
A mother who wouldn’t have made him travel across the country.
Estella Burns (fl)
He deserved a better mother.
Estella Burns (fl)
And a better father
Estella Burns (fl)
We had that in common
Estella Burns (fl)
*gasped*
Estella Burns (fl)
ESTELLA BURNS
Estella Burns (fl)
a single mom
just shift in small town in countryside
have a son
Had a terrible past (will know in future)
belong to a rich family
Liam Burns (fl son)
LIAM BURNS
Liam Burns (fl son)
Estella's Son
he is 2 months old
Me
I hope you all will like it too
Comments
honnie K.
...I don't mean to be rude or anything but I'm pretty sure I have already read this intro on a book named "Juniper Hill".
2023-05-16
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SAVAGEGIRL🍭
can I ask something..what the manga in the picture of the story?I mean the title is warm touch right..beside the title has a picture..what manga is that?
2022-10-16
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