Chapter 47

• Chapter 47: The Doubt Between Us
• Elena's POV
• The gallery's big windows let in the late afternoon sun, which illuminated the incomplete painting in front of me with a warm glow. Even though I hadn't yet dipped the paintbrush into the vivid reds and blues on the palette, it felt heavy in my fingers. As was frequently the case these days, my thoughts were elsewhere, caught between skepticism and optimism and drawn in two separate ways.