Author: Julietta Farina
This morning, once again, I woke up before my alarm. Actually, I barely slept at all. I lay in bed, staring
    
                
        
    
            
        
    Lately, it feels like we’re all living on the edge of a knife. My grandmother has been rewriting her
    
                
        
    
            
        
    Lena and I had been together for almost three years. Our relationship was filled with love, trust, and
    
                
        
    
            
        
    By the time I hit thirty-five, I had carved out a comfortable life for myself. Fresh out of university
    
                
        
    
            
        
    We got married when both of us were already mature, a bit past our thirties. The first three years were
    
                
        
    
            
        
        I married Olivia just six months after our first date. She immediately struck me as not only stunningly
    
                
        
    
            
        
    When our second child was born, Laura stopped caring about herself entirely. Back in the day, she’d change
    
                
        
    
            
        
    It’s dangerous to spoil your relatives. The moment you start helping them too much, they get used to it.
    
                
        
    
            
        
    My name is Richard. I worked my entire life, sacrificed everything I had, just to give my family a secure future.
    
                
        
    
            
        
    For over a year, I had been in a relationship with Emma. Everything seemed to be going well—we had our
    
                
        
    
            
        
    








