Chapter 1124:

Elyse approached him, her voice gentle. “What’s got you so wound up?”

He whirled to face her, pinching the bridge of his nose. “You made it. One minute my dad agrees to see you, the next he’s shutting everyone out. He won’t even listen now.”

Frustration simmered beneath Anthony’s words, his father’s mercurial moods clearly taking their toll.

Elyse placed a reassuring hand on his arm. “Deep breaths. I might still be able to reach him.”

She paused, an idea forming. “Any chance I could borrow a violin?”

Anthony nodded, disappearing into the house. He returned moments later, cradling a pristine instrument. “It’s new, though. You’ll need to tune it yourself.”

accepting

strings

entrusting her with that

lifted the violin and began to play. The haunting strains of “Valse Sentimentale” filled the air,

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A nagging sense of

the elusive recollection, a creak cut through the melody. The warehouse door swung open, revealing George. Silver-haired and weathered, he stood half-bathed in sunlight, his

to see his father

eyes closed. As the final note faded, she looked up, meeting George’s inscrutable

George’s gruff voice broke it. “What’s

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