Chapter 18: Secrets Revealed

It was as though the moon was casting that silvery night over the quiet, and Chloe was being haunted by memories buried long ago. Shadows danced against the walls of her room, flickering the movement across, mirroring the turmoil within her soul. For years, Chloe had kept it in her past, keeping the pain and trauma in the deep recesses of her heart, hidden beneath a guise of strength and resilience. But now, under the weight of her secrets, she knew she could not possibly keep this from the light. She told Liam of her dark past and heavy stories of childhood loss and abandonment that she had been trying to forget. She spoke of the chapters of her past that she had tried so ardently to forget. Liam felt his heartache as he listened to the anguish Chloe had been through, his feeling of helplessness reflected in her tear-streaked eyes. He held her close, bringing to her all the comfort and solace she desperately needed at that moment when she was so much baring her soul to him. But th