ADVERTISEMENT
Elena spent the next day searching through public records and old newspapers. The truth that emerged was horrifying.
Thirty years ago, there had been a fire in the Reynolds home. Michael’s father, Richard Reynolds, had died in the blaze. The official report listed it as a candle accident.
Michael, just a child then, had seen everything. But Margaret, terrified of the truth being exposed, had rewritten his memories through a crude form of hypnosis she’d learned from an old book.
She made him believe that he had caused the fire — that it was his fault his father died.
For years, Michael carried that guilt like a curse. It was the reason he couldn’t touch his wife — the fear that his love would bring destruction, that everyone close to him would “burn away.”
The Confrontation
CONTINUE READING…
Continue READING
ADVERTISEMENT