Mahogany's Serenade

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I escaped my ex but now I'm in prison for his murder.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I thought moving to New Orleans would give me a fresh start. A new city a new job a chance to reclaim my life after years of being trapped in a relationship with Zane that nearly destroyed me.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>For the first time in forever I felt safe. I let my guard down. I landed a new job and made friends who showed me a brighter side of life. I even met Xavier dark handsome and a saxophone player whose music made my heart race and my fears fade away.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But just as I started to breathe again Zane walked back into my life. Maybe I was naïve to think I could outrun death twice. After all blood already stained my childhood memories.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now all I remember is pulling a knife out of his chest blood staining my trembling hands.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Locked behind bars I'm haunted by fragmented memories of something shiny from that deadly night. The pieces of the puzzle don't quite fit. And in the quiet hours when I lay awake I wonder if everything I thought I remembered was a lie.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What if Zane's death wasn't about him at all? But if I'm missing something whose lies have I believed all along?</em></p>