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you promised her for her birthday?"

I closed my eyes, the memory surfacing unwillingly. "I promised to take her to Moonlight Fair."

"Yes," Olivia nodded. "She was so excited, Ethan. For weeks, it was all she talked about. 'Daddy and I are going to ride the carousel together. Daddy and I are going to eat cotton candy.' She even practiced riding on my shoulders so she wouldn't be scared on yours."

Tears pricked at the corners of my eyes. I blinked them away, unwilling to show such

weakness in public.

"But you never showed up," Olivia said, her own tears now flowing freely. "Because Emma had

a dance recital that day, and Victoria needed you there."

The accusation hung in the air between us, undeniable in its truth. I had chosen Emma over

my own daughter, Victoria over my mate.

"I made a mistake," I admitted, the words feeling inadequate even as I spoke them.

"A mistake?" Olivia's voice rose slightly. "You broke her heart, Ethan. And it wasn't the first

time."

reached into her purse and pulled out a

and I'll take you

hand, my fingers trembling

I knew

hoarse. "Play this on the main

taking the drive and connecting it to the control panel for the massive display screen I'd installed at the fair's entrance. Within moments, the

Moonlight Fair, the old one, not the grand

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suspected-it was from Lily's birthday, the day I had

her favorite blue dress, her chestnut hair secured with the moonstone clip I'd given

soon," she told the security guard who checked on her. "He

I watched her check her small watch repeatedly, her smile never

maybe he had to help

passed, she pulled out a sketchbook and began flipping through pages of drawings- crude but heartfelt illustrations of our family. Me, tall and strong. Olivia, smiling and kind. And Lily, small between us,

a passing family, proudly displaying

timestamp. Lily's excitement gradually dimmed, though she

a venison sandwich and a moonberry cookie. She ate half

have to save the rest for Daddy," she explained

must be hungry too."

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