Half A Life - Coming Soon May 30th
Volume II of The Stories After By Britt Wolfe
Inspired by: Brokedown Palace
Twenty-five years ago, Alice Marano’s life ended in a single moment. Convicted of drug smuggling in Thailand, she was sentenced to a lifetime behind bars in a foreign prison, the weight of her mistake crushing her every day. Her best friend, Darlene Davis, went home. Alice stayed. She lost her youth, her freedom, and any hope of reclaiming the life she once had. Now, after decades of isolation, Alice is finally going home—but the world she left behind has moved on without her.
Returning to the United States is nothing like she imagined. Struggling with chronic health issues and the scars of years in prison, Alice must navigate a life that feels unfamiliar and unwelcoming. The friends she once had are gone. The girl she used to be no longer exists. And the one person who has been a constant—Darlene—seems both familiar and distant, as though time has woven something unspoken between them.
At first, Alice is grateful for Darlene’s presence. The friend who never forgot her. The one who wrote letters, who visited when she could, who reminded Alice there was still a life waiting for her beyond the prison walls. But as Alice tries to rebuild, the past lingers like a shadow, and the cracks in their friendship become impossible to ignore. The tension between them grows, unspoken regrets simmering beneath the surface. And when old memories resurface—of the night that changed everything—Alice is forced to confront a truth she has spent half her life trying to forget.
Because some betrayals don’t happen in a single moment. They unfold over years, hidden beneath loyalty, guilt, and the things we tell ourselves to survive. And now, after twenty-five years, Alice is about to learn that some debts can never be repaid.
