Walls of Loneliness

Sometimes people spend their whole lives building walls around their hearts because they're

scared of being disappointed. They convince themselves that staying distant hurts less than

risking rejection. But here's what nobody tells you: the walls you build to protect yourself

end up becoming the prison that isolates you. Charlotte Hayes had everything money

could buy and nothing that actually mattered. Three children who treated her like a quarterly obligation.

A granddaughter who was growing up without her. A mansion so quiet you could hear loneliness

echo off the marble floors. She kept a little girl's underwear in a drawer for

four years because it was the only proof she had that someone once wanted to be near her.