Chapter 479

“Are you here to take me with you?”

“Of course not.” Parrish’s voice came from right beside her, though Jade hadn’t noticed him approach.

Jade let go of Alessia, and Parrish smoothly slipped his arm around

Jade’s waist.

The two of them were just as loving as ever, inseparable and lost in their own world.

“Mr. Whitley…”

“I heard from Jade that you’ve started calling her Mom. And what about me?” Parrish still had that same gentle humor Alessia remembered so

well.

Alessia blushed a little, but managed to say, “Dad.”

Parrish’s smile widened. He patted her gently on the head, his happiness tinged with a quiet sadness, as if he were thinking, *How did this child become so easy to love, and so easy to worry about?*

“Dad, Mom… Where are we? Aren’t you here to take me home?” Alessia finally voiced her confusion.

“Silly girl, you’re not supposed to be here yet.” Jade flicked her gently on

the forehead.

once, Alessia looked

been asleep for a very, very long time, sweetheart.

asleep for a long

Parrish nodded. “Listen…”

blinked, and suddenly she could almost hear a voice

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can’t go back, not anymore. But you two–promise me you’ll live well,

you mean?” Alessia’s anxiety spiked as their figures began to

reached out, desperate to grab their hands, but her hands passed right through them,

Go on, run toward the light–run, and

they were gone. The abruptness of their departure left Alessia reeling,

familiar, but the world was shrouded in black. Suddenly, Cole’s face appeared before her, as if projected

down her face. Cole was there too, red–eyed, frantically pressing

called out her name over

“Lessie… Lessie…”

desperate, so raw, that Alessia’s heart ached in

chest.

toward where Parrish and Jade had

light breaking

a second thought, she ran toward it, sprinting

them shut. She tried to speak, her lips moving, but

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