Chapter 911

After Chloe set the food down, she walked back into the room. She grabbed a

thick blanket from the couch and headed out to the balcony, gently draping it over Pax's shoulders. Then, she settled into the wicker chair next to him.

"Mr. Thompson said you haven't eaten in days," she said softly.

Pax turned his head slightly, his eyes dull and distant. "I just don't have an appetite. I'm not hungry."

"Pax, I get it," Chloe replied, her voice gentle. "I've been through some tough times myself. But eventually, I realized you have to keep looking forward. Dwelling on past pain only makes life feel darker."

Pax gazed out into the distance, lost in thought. "Chloe, my world has always felt like this."

This year had been particularly tough for him, filled with too much to handle.

admitted. "I don't even know what the point of

dangerous that feeling was. She had wrestled

always need some grand meaning. Sometimes,

feel like my

do you say that?" Chloe asked

been like a ghost-never acknowledging mez as his son. And my first name, Pax, only now do I get its meaning. My mom named me after her first love. I'm just a reminder of

wonder if my mom ever

looked at

was full of regret and guilt, wanting his forgiveness. But she forgot she

guilt over my uncle, or did she feel like there was

stood by her. I could've helped her through it. But

uncle but didn't even look at me. Didn't she have anything to say to her

good enough for her to want

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