Love's Second Save

The sky exploded with Fourth of July fireworks, painting red and gold, but all I tasted was sulfur and betrayal.

My hand instinctively went to the fresh, tender scar on my side, a chilling reminder of what they' d stolen.

My family, the people who were supposed to love me, held me down for a doctor to take my kidney for my 'perfect' adoptive sister, Savannah.

Chase, my boyfriend and duet partner, celebrated with Savannah, his secret lover, after calling me his "hero."

It was all a meticulously planned conspiracy: nurture my career, use my body, then discard me.