The Last Flight

by Julie Clark

“You know, life is long. Lots of things can go wrong and still end up all right.”

The world was filled with people who carried secrets. No one was who they seemed to be.

“Being unwanted is a heavy burden,” she said quietly. “You never fully learn how to engage with the world. To allow others to see you.”

Identity is a strange thing. Are we who we say we are, or do we become the person others see? Do they define us by what we choose to show them, or what they see despite our best attempts to conceal it?

“It takes a lot of courage to start over,” she says.

But that was the tricky thing with half-truths. They led so quickly toward bigger revelations, like sliding down a hill, gaining momentum with every one.

Information is power.

Eva could walk away with no regrets, knowing for certain the past held nothing of value for her. That sometimes, the death of a dream can finally set you free.