father figure · toxic relationship · liar · emotional abuse · broken home · angst · domestic drama · spanish · tragic · unreliable
The theatre's lights shone emptily in the seat where Ghost should have been. Lily, eleven years old, felt the weight of the lie all over again. The separation from her mother, the guilt he blamed her for, marked every broken promise. Her heart cracked apart at the familiar absence, remembering years of false apologies.