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.

Alessia looked

very, very long

been asleep for a

Parrish nodded. “Listen…”

she could almost

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

spiked as their

reached out, desperate to grab their hands, but her hands

run toward the light–run, and find the

their departure left Alessia reeling, lost in the

shrouded in black. Suddenly, Cole’s face appeared before her, as if

herself, eyes closed, tears streaming down her face. Cole was there too, red–eyed, frantically pressing

he called out her

“Lessie… Lessie…”

so raw, that Alessia’s heart

chest.

where Parrish and Jade had vanished,

of light breaking through

thought, she ran toward it, sprinting headlong into

light stung her eyes, forcing her to squeeze them shut. She tried

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