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I wept in Ethan's arms, my tears soaking through his shirt. To anyone watching, I appeared devastated by grief over Lily's death. But hidden against his chest, my lips curled into a

satisfied smile.

"I'm so sorry," I sobbed, my voice breaking perfectly. "If only I hadn't called you that day..."

My mind drifted back to that pivotal afternoon five years ago. I remembered how I'd deliberately called Ethan away when Lily was critically ill. I knew exactly what I was doing

made that call, claiming Emma needed him

dismissed the notifications before he could see them. I hadn't deleted them-that would have

trembling with manufactured concern. "The doctors say her condition is

ill, but not critically so. Nothing that required Ethan's immediate presence. But it had been enough to pull him away from

I had slipped away, claiming to

the drama unfold.

collapse, her tiny body crumpling to the ground as her mother screamed for help. The sight had

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