Foreword (to be read)
Hola!
Just to warn you: I'm not an author who reveals things quickly and makes it easy for you. I play with emotion - your frustration, mainly - (sometimes too much, of course, but I'm healing myself ahah. That's what first drafts are for, to see where it's not working ;) ) and so no, with me, you won't get your answers neither quickly nor easily.
Simply because my characters have their own story / way of thinking and they need time before giving themselves up. Especially since I'm on a back and forth operation between past and present. So I have to manage two timelines, one that moves as fast in time as slowly in other ways (I won't say anything more to avoid spoilers, you'll understand) and another one that will move slowly in time and less slowly in other ways.
It is thus voluntary that there is a vague side. Since we start on a story that is already five years old (almost, if we listen to Ella who yells it to me...) and so, we have to put the pieces of the puzzle back together, to put it all together, to understand. It's like preparing a pizza, to make it ready to be eaten, it's not enough to prepare each ingredient separately. You have to be able to put it all together at the end. The sauce goes on top of the pizza dough, the cheese goes on top of the sauce and in between or on top of the cheese, the other ingredients, etc... and only then your taste buds will fully enjoy the dish in question. While the solo dough, like the rest, if eaten, is not as good as when everything is assembled, is it? So all the ingredients have to be in the right place to be able to enjoy it properly. It's the same with this story (and most of my stories, mind you).
If my characters are in the dark, you will be. Because you're moving along with them. And I have absolutely no control over them. Seriously, I do nothing but write what they tell me to write! And if I happen to consider another option that doesn't suit them, it's a guaranteed strike. On their side, eh. So, I can scratch my way to write anything after x)
In this story, you'll have slow reveal and slow burn and that's normal.
Also, I'm a fr author, so it's likely, despite my best efforts, that there are a few typos that don't exactly fit what I want to convey. Feel free to point it out if that's the case.
Also, if there are elements that seem unclear to you, since some elements take place in France, and you need clarification, don't hesitate to ask me and I will add it as a footnote.
Enjoy your reading~
