Ten years ago, I left the innocent life I led behind.

One phone call changed everything I thought I knew or wanted.

Now Charlie was back in my life more beautiful than ever, and stirring up feelings I thought were long dead.

How she got mixed up in a life I never wanted for her I’ll never know, but with each passing day I spend protecting her now I war with myself on whether or not I should do the right thing and send her packing or if I let my selfish needs take over.