Return in the Quiet Season

Summary

Eight years ago, they said I was a monster. A drunk driver who killed dozens of people.

I tried to tell the truth, but my parents had already forged the evidence. They sacrificed me to protect my adoptive brother, Finn.

In the ensuing public outrage, every gallery canceled my contracts. I begged my fiancée for help, but she refused to listen to a word of my explanation.

She called me a butcher. She stood by and watched as the victims' families severed the tendons in my right hand, ensuring I'd never hold a paintbrush again.