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.

You, Grandma, and Talia go ahead

voice was as thin

been waiting for this dinner for so,

voice, unusually, held a trace of

have plenty more family dinners ahead

to pick out whatever gifts they want. I'll bring

Plenty more?

the empty table before her, her strength

was so light it

"Alright. You go ahead."

like sand slipping through her fingers. Whether she gripped tightly

go, he was always going to

away.

did Grace finally

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In the distance, the lighthouse began the New Year

hair as she slipped

"5..."

Antonio's wedding vow, "I

"4..."

newborn daughter's sweet smile

"3..."

twist in her mind-indifference, disdain-because

"2..."

heard her grandmother's pained gasps and Talia's desperate cries for

"1..."

grandmother and Talia were smiling, waving at

"Happy New Year."

tightly, a bittersweet smile on her lips, and

Antonio felt a sudden, piercing

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knees as if a gaping void had opened inside

"Antonio, what's wrong?"

sleeve, her delicate face

tears.

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