Anna

I slip into Anna’s apartment to deliver the devastating news of my prison sentence, dreading the moment her peaceful morning awakening shatters. Though our past is fractured by resentment, I love her and desperately need her to hold onto me through the coming storm. When she turns and looks at me with gentle sleep-filled confusion, my resolve nearly breaks, but I force the words out. Her expression instantly collapses into hollow shock, leaving us stranded in a heavy silence as quiet terror takes root in her eyes.