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Grief makes men reckless. Insecurity makes women loud. And composure? Composure makes people dangerous. Shea sat still while the room shifted around her. Jason was bleeding pride. Kayla was bleeding ego. Nobody noticed Shea was bleeding patience. The thing about public tension is this, it doesn’t ask permission before it exposes what’s been festering. And this time? Nobody’s walking away untouched.
A fractured truth shakes Serenity’s foundation as secrets unravel across two households. While parents confront the past, someone else quietly prepares to change the future.
Old wounds surface, unspoken truths simmer, and timing proves cruel. Shea finds herself balancing professional boundaries and buried attraction, Jason confronts grief he’s long avoided, and Kayla arrives carrying a humiliation she refuses to name. When an unexpected presence walks through the door, restraint fractures—and what was meant to stay buried threatens to erupt in plain sight.
Some connections don’t need explaining. They just show up, sit beside you, and refuse to leave when the truth gets uncomfortable.
A grounded morning. A petty interruption. A consult that changes the temperature of the room. Capturing Shea: Chapter 2 is about intention, grief, boundaries, and the moment you realize something has shifted.
The past finally speaks. And no one walks away untouched.
Shea Johnson has mastered the art of capturing other people’s moments, joy, grief, love, without ever slowing down long enough to tend to her own. Set in a small town heavy with history and unspoken weight, Capturing Shea begins before the romance, before the disruption, right where the stillness lives.
Peace is fragile when secrets are starving. This chapter sits at the intersection of restraint and rupture , where control slips, loyalty is questioned, and the weight of unfinished business presses in from every direction. Some calls don’t reconnect people. They reopen everything.
Everything comes full circle in this chapter. Old wounds resurface, silence breaks, and the truth—raw and unfiltered—finally walks into the room. What happens when the past you buried shows up wearing your father’s face?
Syn drove her Camaro like she was auditioning for Nascar. Serenity gazed out of the window, tears spilling freely down her face. Her phone buzzed- him. Just like the first night they met,his timing was right on cue. Bentley: Hey there gorgeous.Been a few, hope I didn’t do anything to run you off, lets hangout … Continue reading Serenity’s Bliss (Part 8)
Paige would sometimes slip into moments where she remembered Chance in the beginning of their dating. He was sweet, charming, respectful—and fine as hell. Everything seemed to be going well. They were having the times of their lives. Then something changed. Chance became someone she didn’t recognize. He became controlling and, quite frankly, scary to … Continue reading Serenity’s Bliss (Part 7)
She stared at the screen like it might change if she blinked hard enough. Paige’s voice sounded like it came from underwater. Everything around her muffled—except her pulse. Loud. Unforgiving. Ruthless. “SERENITY!” Paige yelled to snap her friend out of this trans she seemed to be in. She walked toward her, almost in a walk-run … Continue reading Serenity’s Bliss (Part 6)
Serenity made her way upstairs to her room to find a sobbing Paige. She approaches her, wraps her arms around her friend in comfort. “I’m so sorry I wasn’t there when this message came through Paige, but I’m here now. Let’s talk about this.” Paige looks up at her friend, and hands her cell phone … Continue reading Serenity’s Bliss (Part 5)
The paramedics cleared Paige, stating she had experienced a panic attack. Once the paramedics exited the shed, Serenity gave Paige a look of concern. Paige lowered her head, " I don't want to go through this again Serenity. I fought extremely hard to rebuild myself after him." Paige poured her heart to her bestie without … Continue reading Serenity’s Bliss pt.4
Serenity's phone rings, she looks at the screen, silences the phone, and places it back in her pocket. Bentley looks at her, she offers no explanation. The phone rings again. She repeats her actions. Bentley asks, "You need to get that?" She replies, It's no one. They slowly approach the party, folks were standing in … Continue reading Serenity’s Bliss pt.3
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