After months of messages, my time was running out. Soon she’d know the photos were fake, my story someone else’s.

I emailed her from another phony account, my brother’s. Carl’s dead, I wrote. I’m here if you need me.

She responded quickly, devastated yet eager. I had my second chance.

Anna Sanderson is a writer from Nottingham, England, who writes about the world as she sees it. Her work can be found online and in numerous zines and anthologies. Follow her on Twitter at @annasanderson86.