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

Chapter 113

There was no softness in the way she touched Alex’s hair, no lingering affection in her gaze. She was still a mother, still present–but something within her had closed off.

Charles noticed it too. His eyes darted between them, his lips pressing into a thin line.

This wasn’t the Sarah they knew.

She wasn’t trying to make conversation with Arnold. She wasn’t glancing his way like she used to, hoping for a moment of connection. And she certainly wasn’t trying to mend things with Charles or Cole, who

had once been like family to her.

She was distant.

Almost as if she was already gone.

Charles suddenly felt uneasy.

He had assumed that her coldness was a trick–some kind of strategy to make Arnold chase after her.

But what if it wasn’t?

What if Sarah wasn’t playing a game?

What if she had truly… given up?

For the first time, Arnold felt something he hadn’t expected to feel at all.

A strange, unfamiliar sensation curled in his chest.

It wasn’t anger.

It wasn’t guilt.

It was fear.

for the soft clinking of cutlery

old lady’s sharp eyes darted between Sarah and Arnold, her brows knitting together in disapproval. She had watched for years as Sarah poured her heart

in Sarah’s attitude was as clear as

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spoon down. “You’re unusually quiet

cutting her meat into small, precise pieces. “Am I?” she

her gaze to Arnold, who had barely spoken throughout the meal. “And you,” she said, her

as if he hadn’t heard

used to care. But now, look at her. You’ve driven

of water, and placed

indifference.

way he held his fork–a

old lady let out a sigh and shook her

but Sarah refused to break the silence. She had

left to say.

as dinner was winding down, Arnold’s phone vibrated on the table. He glanced at the screen

was curt. “what is

pause. Then, his expression shifted ever so slightly. “Alright, I’ll be

ask. She already knew.

It was Linda.

jacket. “Something

he could leave, Alex’s fork clattered against his plate. “Dad, wait! I

hesitated for a second, then nodded. “Get

scrambled out of

old lady looked at the father and son, and suddenly suggested, “It just so happens that tomorrow is the weekend, why don’t the three of you go back

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the flicker of hesitation on Alex’s face. He