SCARLETTIt felt like my soul had left my body, all that was left of me was a shell of who I once was.In that moment, staring at the screen where my greatest shame had been captured, I was dumbfounded and completely in disbelief. Over and over, I’d dreamt about the day when everything would catch up to me, when everyone would know me for what I truly was, and I badly needed this to be nothing but that recurring nightmare.When it didn’t seem to be a figment of my imagination, indescribable shock gripped me. My heart was thumping so fast that I thought it’d rip past my chest and burst. And I would prefer that, to fade into nothingness instead of living in this dreadful reality.But since that didn’t seem possible, I settled for going on the defensive, not that there was much to defend.“Look,” my voice came out croaked and broken, “I can explain, okay? None of this is… I—I didn’t… I tried to…” my lips started to tremble when nothing sensible came out.My brain seemed to have hibernate
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