Chapter 1

Ava Miller was dead. Entertainment blogs ran short pieces. "Sad end of a trainwreck." "Former one-hit-wonder, known for meltdowns, found dead." That was it. A brief note. A life dismissed.

Meanwhile, Liam Thorne, rock superstar, her ex-husband, was on a world tour. Highly publicized. His new girlfriend, pop starlet Chloe Davis, was with him. They smiled for cameras. Sold-out stadiums roared for Liam. No one mentioned Ava. Or if they did, it was a whisper, a forgotten name. The world moved on, fast. Ava was just a footnote in Liam’s glittering story. A shadow he’d stepped out of. The public perception was set, Ava was the difficult one, the unstable artist who couldn't handle fame. Liam was the survivor, the one who soared. The contrast was sharp, a clean break. But life is rarely clean.