Madison felt like her entire world was completely crumbling around her, shattering into a million jagged pieces she couldn't even begin to pick up.
When she had taken the job as Seraphine's nanny, she'd honestly believed she was doing the right thing, the only thing she could do.
Even if she couldn't shout from the rooftops that Seraphine was her daughter, at least she could stay close, watch her grow up, take care of her every day, and pour all that hidden, aching love into the quiet moments they shared.
She had convinced herself that just being there would be enough to fill the massive hole in her heart after all those years of forced silence.
But now every single choice she'd made felt brutally, painfully wrong, like a knife twisting deeper with every breath.
A heavy, crushing weight pressed down on her chest, making it hard to even draw air as waves of guilt crashed over her, threatening to drown her completely.
