Introduction

I woke up nineteen again, in my familiar 80s room, recalling a seventy-year marriage with Mark.

He was my soulmate, my golden love story, and I believed this time, we could make it even more perfect.

But this new, young Mark was shockingly different.

He was ambitious, driven, and then, at the Fourth of July picnic, he publicly asked Tiffany Anderson, the town' s popular golden girl, to be his girlfriend.

My seventy-year love story, my perfect reunion dream, shattered into a million pieces.

I watched my past, present, and future fall apart before my eyes.

Every shared milestone, every tender moment, was now seen through a horrifying lens of betrayal.

He' d never been truly with me; he was always just chasing her.

Mark himself confirmed my deepest fears, treating me with open disdain, trying to sabotage my music.

How could the man I loved for a lifetime treat me like this?

My heart screamed, "Did you ever, in all those seventy years, actually love me?"

His answer was a cold, brutal laugh: "Love you? Don't be stupid. It was convenient. It was always Tiffany."

My entire past life, a carefully constructed illusion, imploded.

But in that moment of utter devastation, a fierce, new resolve ignited within me.

The very sabotage meant to break me instead opened an unexpected door.

A city music promoter, impressed by my raw performance, offered me a way out-a chance to become truly myself, finally free from his shadow.