The Woman Who Broke . Content Warning.
“The scariest monsters are the ones
that lurk within our souls.”
— Edgar Allan Poe
Linda had always thought of herself as kind — the kind of person who gave second chances, who stayed quiet to keep the peace, who believed in goodness even when it never returned the favor. For most of her life, she had worn that belief like armor. Lately, though, something unfamiliar had begun to press against it. A quieter part of her — the part that had learned how to hide bruises and swallow anger — had started asking questions she didn’t like to answer.
