Prom night was supposed to be ordinary—forgettable, even. But everything changed the moment I stepped out wearing a dress I had sewn from my dad’s old uniform.
My stepfamily laughed.
Then someone knocked on the door… and nothing was the same again.
That night, I learned what loyalty really meant—and what it felt like to finally take my life back.For illustrative purposes only
The first time I started stitching, my hands trembled so badly that I drove the needle straight through my thumb.
I bit back a cry, wiped away the blood, and kept going, careful not to let a single drop stain the olive fabric spread across my quilt.
