“It was as if she would never be whole until the secrets of the past were exposed.”

“Today is the day after my wedding. And nothing is the way I expected it to be.”

“She searched her mind for a single day when it had felt good to be alive. There must have been one, surely?”

“It was as if she would never be whole until the secrets of the past were exposed.”

“A radio was playing quietly. Nobody was listening. It was there to drown out the silence.”