I cannot keep the secret any longer.

Belinda's POV

I call the woman's phone number. I know she will not be happy because I called her, but I have no choice. I can no longer keep the secret. I want to get out of this town and start a new life, and I cannot do it until her secret comes into the open. I do not know why she is still hiding. Why don't you just come forward and tell everybody what happened seven years ago? She does not have anybody to explain what she has done. At first, I didn't want a secret to come out because I did not wish Valerie or anybody else to be happier than I was. If this woman's secret comes out, many people will be satisfied. It is late. She does not answer her phone.

"What are you doing here? I thought I heard someone coming in. Why are you not home?" My mother asks as she walks into my old……