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told me repeatedly, but I hadn't believed her.

"She tried to tell me," I said, my amber eyes darkening with self-loathing. "Olivia tried to tell me

Lily was dead, but I accused her of hiding our daughter.”

I remembered the day I took Emma to Enchanted Kingdom Theme Park. My phone had buzzed

repeatedly with calls from Olivia, but I'd ignored them, assuming they were accusations about

my favoritism toward Emma.

"I didn't know," I whispered, my powerful frame seeming to shrink with each word. "I didn't

know that Lily had been waiting for me at Moonlight Fair, and had died that same day."

Victoria's eyes filled with tears. "Oh, Ethan, how terrible for you."

to justify my actions, though I knew nothing could

celebration because I

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wouldn't get another birthday."

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unbearable. I had devoted so much attention to Emma, fearing for

been the one truly

broke through my thoughts. "I feel so guilty," she said, tears streaming

you that day, begging you to come

you away from

her of blame that was rightfully mine

about Emma," I said. "I can't blame you for that.

choice to break my promise

leaned into my embrace, weeping against my

injuries and lingering fever

cakes, forest fruits, and small carved wooden toys. Things I'd noticed she liked in

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