18 // Secret Ties

Fear had become her new companion, day in day out her mind was plucked with terrible thoughts.

She thought accepting MJ Billings' offer would solve all her problems, it sounded sensible at the time, but now it was affecting her family life.

She was running out of excuses for leaving early in the morning and coming home late, she was starting to miss out on her children's lives and she was growing distant from her husband.

She was always jumpy, wondering when Javier would finally catch on to her rendezvouses. She remembered how she barely escaped him the last time he was having her followed, and now he had every reason to stalk her, especially after the attack.

She felt like a criminal, all the lying and sneaking around, she had to arrive early at work to avoid running into people, she did not want anyone to catch on to who she was.

Sometimes she wished she could just be herself and live without fear, but being herself would only put her family in d