The Promise That Almost Broke Her

For one thousand, eight hundred and twenty-five days, I honored a deathbed promise to the man I loved. I stayed by his brother’s side, acting as Grafton Mcleod’s loyal assistant, his shadow, and the keeper of his secrets.

When my five-year sentence was finally up, he announced his engagement to Cherrelle, the woman who took cruel pleasure in tormenting me. His celebratory gift to me? The task of planning their perfect engagement party.

At the party, he publicly dismissed me as an "old obligation." Later, drunk and angry, he cornered me in a back office.