Tarek Never Wanted a Family

Tarek Never Wanted a Family

Author: Maren Holt Listening Length: 11h 35m

Tarek Fairisles has money, ease, and no desire for a wife, a child, or anything that resembles commitment. Penny already has success, a house, and financial security, yet the family she wants starts with a baby rather than a husband. Fresh from a breakup and short on options, she turns to a holistic clinic and fixes on...

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Chapter Nineteen

Ilyana

I t’s my birthday today. The house is silent–so silent I can almost hear the absence of life within the walls. Not even the faint sound of a maid’s footsteps breaks the stillness. Of late my son has been sleeping with his father in the pool house.

As I grow older, I can’t help but look back at my life. It’s an endless reel of hurt, pain and nothingness. I am 29 years old, and I have nothing to show for it. No accomplishments, no accolades, no close friendships. Nothing.