A Parallel Life
Marie pieced together the fragments she had uncovered. Her father had maintained a secret relationship with this woman, Elena, and they had a child together. While her father had been present in Marie’s life, it seemed he had been living a parallel existence, torn between two worlds. How had he managed to keep this hidden for so long? And why? Had he ever intended to reveal the truth, or had he planned to take his secret to the grave?
A Parallel Life
The Guilt of the Past
As Marie sat with the knowledge of her father’s double life, she began to see him in a new light. The guilt he must have carried all those years, the weight of his deception—it explained so much. His quiet moments of reflection, his sudden mood changes, the times he would disappear without explanation. She had always thought he was dealing with work stress or personal troubles, but now she realized he had been grappling with far deeper, more personal demons.
The Guilt Of The Past
