Chapter 7

Chapter 7

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Grace stared at the red heart Talia had drawn on the calendar.

Her girl had been full of excitement, saying today they'd see Grandma and Daddy, carefully marking the day with a heart.

A servant arrived with news from Antonio.

"Sir says tonight's dinner will be at Nocturne. He wants you to take Miss Talia and Kate there, he'll meet you there."

Grace nodded slightly, a faint hint of color returning to her pale face.

She ran her fingers over the half-finished drawing pressed to her chest, feeling a strange lightness as if she were on the brink of release.

The privacy at Nocturne was impeccable. Grace sat alone in the pre-arranged hall.

The distant sea view and the city lights intertwined, creating a breathtaking scene.

She waited for a long time, but Antonio still didn't come.

With just ten minutes until midnight, Grace checked her phone-still nothing. Until...

A trending headline caught her attention.

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"Mr. Kaufman's New Love: Rising Artist Yesenia Is Pregnant."

The word "pregnant" pierced Grace's heart like a dagger.

She let out a bitter laugh and called Antonio.

His voice came through, slightly rushed.

came up here. You, Grandma, and Talia go ahead with your dinner. I'll make it

voice was as

this dinner

voice, unusually, held a

more family dinners

out whatever gifts

Plenty more?

then at the empty table before her,

was so light

"Alright. You go ahead."

like sand slipping through her fingers. Whether

go, he was always going to

away.

today did Grace finally understand

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pushed open the floor-to-ceiling windows. In the distance, the lighthouse

wind tangled in Grace's long hair

"5..."

vow, "I will

"4..."

newborn daughter's sweet smile and Grandma's loving

"3..."

face began to twist in her mind-indifference, disdain-because

"2..."

pained gasps and

"1..."

smiling, waving at her from a

"Happy New Year."

drawing tightly, a bittersweet smile on

felt a sudden, piercing pain in

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chest.

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knees as if a gaping void had opened

"Antonio, what's wrong?"

sleeve, her delicate face

tears.

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