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"No! It can't be!" I shook my head violently, rejecting the mere thought that Lily could be dead.

How could a healthy child die just from waiting too long at the Moonlight Fair? It

was

impossible. Olivia was just angry about my broken promise and my favoritism towards

Emma.

"You're just trying to punish me," I said, my voice steadier than I felt. "I understand you're upset about how I've treated you both, but this is going too far."

Deep down, I knew my reasoning was flimsy, but I desperately clung to it. The alternative was

too horrifying to contemplate.

"Lily is fine," I insisted, more to myself than to Olivia. "She's just staying with a friend, or at your mother's place. You're keeping her from me to teach me a lesson."

I was terrified of Olivia's words being true. Terrified that it was too late to make amends for my

neglect.

"I've learned my lesson, Olivia," I said, my voice softening. "I understand now. I've been a terrible father. But I can change. The Moonlight Fair is just the beginning."

In my mind, I could see the future clearly - Lily as my cherished daughter, showered with love and attention. We would ride the carousel together, eat cotton candy, and I would carry her on my shoulders just as she had practiced with Olivia.

"I'll be better," I promised. "Just let me see her. Please."

Maxwell shifted uncomfortably beside me, his eyes fixed on the ground. His discomfort only fueled my determination to deny the truth.

began, her voice gentle

"I don't want to hear it. Just bring

to play on the large screen. The sight of

pointing to the screen. "She's just

in Lily's well-being, I saw

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the bench.

I cried out, my voice cracking as I reached instinctively

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me for the rest

violent, wrenching cough

in front of

could somehow reach through time

collapsed, her small body

there, unmoving, in a growing pool of

face was so pale, stark against the crimson spreading beneath her.

were her eyes - those emerald eyes so like her mother's, fixed on

until

Still waiting for me.

accusing me:

you?"

the hurt she tried

clung to the hope that I

duties, not unloving.

showed a crowd gathering, panicked voices calling

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