The Ballad of Us by Sasha Marshall Free Novel Chapter 3
Three RHEA I wake to sunlight streaming through unfamiliar curtains, and for a moment, I forget where I am. The silence is what reminds me. There’s no traffic, no neighbors, and no Gray’s restless movements beside me in bed. It’s just the gentle whisper of wind through Georgia pines and the distant call of morning birds. Twenty-nine today. The