Calla Lilies & Roses
BY G.J. ARELLANO
Chris is living her life exactly the way she wants to. She has a quiet home tucked into the Colorado mountains, a motorcycle she rides on her own terms, and a daughter she is proud of.
Chris does not ask for help. She doesn’t need to.
Then a bouquet arrives at her door.
Calla lilies and roses, with no name attached. At first, she is confused why they are being left. Then the gifts keep coming, and the feeling shifts into something colder. Someone knows where she lives. Someone knows what she loves. Someone is watching.
When the unthinkable happens, Chris is stripped of the one thing she always relied on: her certainty that she could protect herself. Her house no longer feels safe. Her nights belong to nightmares. The strong, self-sufficient woman everyone knew is now a stranger she barely recognizes, and the people who love her can’t reach her through the silence.
To heal, Chris must do the hardest thing she has ever done. She has to rebuild herself from the ground up: reclaim her home, her courage, and her trust in her own instincts, one painful and powerful step at a time. Along the way, people from her past surface that she never saw coming, and the line between friend and threat blurs.
Some people survive. Others find their way back to whom they once were.
A gripping story of resilience, suspense, and the long road back to yourself.
