Broken Rhapsody

the long version

You taught me never to trust a woman!" David's condemnation was deserved, but seeing him again brought back a past Elizabeth had thought buried. He had been her first love, and she had betrayed him. The decision had not been hers. His mother's plans for her only son did not include a young penniless orphan, no matter how talented. Now after five years there was still no way to vindicate herself without hurting him again. She knew that their ecstasy had been too brief, and their agony too long and beyond forgiveness..