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“Jeffrey, Amelia called out to him. She had noticed the way he looked at Rebecca.

Jeffrey turned his gaze toward her. “Mom.”

Amelia said, “Come over and let’s talk.”

Jeffrey walked over and sat down.

Amelia kept a courteous tone, but her words were anything but gentle. “Have you given any more thought to what we talked about before?”

“My answer hasn’t changed,” Jeffrey replied, his voice firm. “Rebecca is my wife. I’m not ever going to divorce her*

Amelia pressed, “Even if being with you doesn’t make her happy?”

Jeffrey said, “I’ll do whatever it takes to make her happy.”

Amelia looked him straight in the eye. “And if she’s still not happy after all your efforts?”

“We’ll deal with that if the time comes,” Jeffrey replied, his tone calm and unchanging. Then, without missing a beat, he changed the subject. “What really needs your attention now is whether or not you’ll let Rebecca recognize Mr. Guzman as her biological father. From what I hear, Mr. Guzman has been preparing for this ever since he got back to Honnala.”

Amelia said, “What does that have to do with me?”

Jeffrey said, “Rebecca is his child.”

Amelia’s gaze was cold. “Got any evidence?”

Jeffrey hesitated.

“A privately–conducted paternity test won’t hold up in court. Even if Mr. Guzman tries to sue, he’d lose–he doesn’t have any chance in this,” Amelia said, straightforward as ever.

Jeffrey said nothing.

He was just probing, trying to gauge whether Rebecca would ever acknowledge Mr. Guzman as her father, so he could plan his next move.

Amelia saw right through his scheme but didn’t call him out. Instead, she added, “If anyone tries to give Rebecca a hard time, I’m not above using Mr. Guzman to stand in their way.”

Jeffrey looked up.

‘Is my mother–in–law almost too clever for her own good?‘ he wondered.

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“What do you mean by using him, Mom?” Rebecca said as she walked over, fresh from her chat with Timothy She shot Amelia a searching look, a hint of confusion flickering in her eyes.

“It’s nothing for you to worry about,” Amelia reassured her, determined to keep Rebecca out of all the drama. “Just call a cleaning crew to spruce up our home later. Once you’re out of the hospital next week, you’ll have a nice, clean place to settle back into.”

lifted with joy. ‘Going home, finally. Things are looking up!

its own nutritionists and rehab specialists,” Jeffrey chimed in, trying to

every bit of Rebecca’s past suffering fresh in her mind. “I’m not interested in

Jeffrey was speechless.

moment of anger, but then it hit him–it wasn’t just about what happened before. More than anything, Amelia and her

went back to Rebecca’s Manor now, sneaking out later would draw

we leave from Rebecca’s Manor, it’ll

changing the subject. “You’ve

of everything since Amelia woke up. “You don’t have

as ever. “Let me take a look at the nutritionist you picked. I’ll check them

Rebecca stared him down.

was totally lost–he had no idea why

to swallow all her feelings

through recently, she was wound so tightly that even one

didn’t believe in her, as if he saw her as someone who

reality,‘ Rebecca realized, ‘he was just showing a little thoughtless care without even

anything by it—it was just his usual way of looking out for me,‘ she reminded

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rolled around, he ordered some takeaway for everyone. Once they’d eaten,

visit every single day, no matter how packed his schedule

And when the day came for

was finally released from the hospital, no one was

and relieved that all of Rebecca’s effort

they knew it, the month was

after dinner, Amelia and Rebecca took a stroll through

pretty much back to normal now. Do you want to leave soon, or wait a

walked slowly, her steps heavy.

Amelia nodded. “Yes.”

face was mixed with emotions. “Didn’t you say you hated living

but now I just feel indifferent,” Amelia replied, her tone honest. She had

it’s schools, hospitals, or chances to start over–Honnala really

the best place around, except

help but

just forcing herself to get over her own reluctance, Rebecca would much rather pick a different city. She didn’t want her mom to put herself through all that again

can’t stand still live?‘ But now I see things differently.

been so full of pride when

had stuck with her all the

through, and how Ryan had crossed such a long distance just to find her, Amelia finally understood:

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place, be with the people she loves, and tune out all the baggage–just start fresh and live her

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