Chapter 15 – The Woman They Didn’t See

The hot water fell over her shoulders like a silent waterfall, but it couldn't wash away the cold nesting in her chest. Sofia stood in the shower, motionless, eyes closed and head bowed, as if the steam could erase the echo of the images seared into her retinas.

A white robe. A lace babydoll. A sunrise filtering through the city skyline.

And Valeria Montesino.

With her hollow smile and her poisonous caption: “After the passion comes the rest.”

Sof