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Myrtle sat on the edge of the chair, while her vacant eyes looked at the paper. She didn't blink because what she read after that left her paralyzed. Tears dripped onto the sheet of paper that she was holding so tightly that her fingertips had gone white. She had always known that her parents never had a simple relationship but she didn't expect that there would be such a huge secret that her mother had hidden and taken to her grave along with her.

"That doesn't make any sense!! How is that possible." Her voice was airy as if her lungs had lost all the air. Her head felt light and she couldn't help but look at the last page of the journal with disbelief.