What she couldn't put into word was what had happened in between to change her from one person into the other
There are some things, I think, you're btter off not remembering.
A lie, as you probably know, has a taste all its own. Blocky and bitter and never quite right, like when you pop a piece of fancy chocolate into your mouth expecting toffee filling and you get lemon zest instead.
Things that look impossible suddenly seem a lot better, once you get God on board.
Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.
Me, I was already jaded and tarnished, skeptical that a fantasy world could keep reality at bay.