Crippled Luna's Farewell: Half A Life Without My Alpha's Deadly Deception

Chapter 83

Before Abby could recall Sarah’s name, Alex’s eyes rested on the same doll. He held out his hand and hesitated for another moment.

“Abby… can I have that one?” he asked, his voice uncertain.

Abby’s attention was diverted, and she blinked. “Why?”

Alex glanced toward Linda before looking down. “I want to give it to… her.”

Abby hesitated. She didn’t want to give up the doll she had chosen for Sarah, but she also didn’t want to be selfish. She pressed her lips together, thinking hard.

“I… I wanted to give it to an aunt,” she explained. “I played with her today. She’s really nice.”

The adults around them didn’t pay much attention to Abby’s words, but Alex did. As he listened to her talk about her time with her aunt, something strange stirred inside him.

The games Abby described–the playful running, the laughter, the way her aunt had spun her around in the air–felt oddly familiar.

He had played those games too… when he was little.

With his mother.

He was inexplicably a little lost in his mind. He was supposed to play these games with his own mother

today as well, but he met his father and Aunt In 10:

Just then, Abby’s eyes caught something else on the table. “Oh! There’s another one!”

She grabbed another similar doll and handed it to Alex. “Here. Now we both have one.”

Alex’s face lit up with relief. “Thanks!” He quickly ran over to Linda and handed her the doll.

Linda looked down at it, slightly surprised. “What’s this for?”

“For you.” Alex shifted on his feet, suddenly a little embarrassed. “Abby picked one for her aunt, so I thought… you should have one too.”

Linda’s lips curled into a small smile, but there was something unreadable in her eyes. She accepted the doll, running her fingers over its soft fabric.

you going to get one for

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Crippled Lunek

Chapter 83

Alex froze.

focused on Linda that he had forgotten. His

his chest. I’ll pick one later,” he said

how Alex’s small hands clenched

Something was off.

intended to figure out

away, Sarah was sitting in

His voice

a major deal today. Someone intentionally blocked

asked, gripping the

pause before her

Sarah’s breath caught.

Linda.

name left a bitter taste in her

It was

she scrolled through her contacts and

rang.

picked up.

“Hello.”

phone tightened.

Linda.

14:00

heavy, even through the

Arnold,” Sarah said, keeping

a brief silence before Linda responded, her voice smooth and unbothered. “He’s taking a shower right now. You can talk to me if you need

into her palm.

Of course.

know that she had access to Arnold. That she was in his