Michelle Resina

Second Chance   INTRODUCTION:   Thirty years old, but he looks fifteen. A life shattered by a narcissistic mother, an absent father, a brother who no longer exists, years of addictions, vanished friends, and a trauma that leaves her breathless.   Chapter One       Her name was Lina Voss.   Thirty years on paper.   Fifteen in the mirror.   A cruel joke the universe had been playing on her since she was twelve, when her body stopped growing taller but continued to age everywhere except her face. It was as if time had decided to play a trick on her: it had stolen her true childhood, then left her with only the appearance of that childhood she had never lived. Huge eyes, long, fake-looking lashes, small, full lips, round cheeks that blushed at the slightest hint. Even her light brown hair, straight and shoulder-length, had that look of a girl who still doesn't know what an iron is. People looked at her twice in the street, first with tenderness, ...