Chapter 1099

When Connor finally made it home, Tim bolted straight toward him.

"Daddy! Daddy!"

Connor, still in his wheelchair, barely had time to react before Tim climbed right up onto his lap, wrapping his small arms around him.

"Daddy, welcome home."

Those two words-welcome home-hit Connor straight in the chest. Yes. He was really home. It felt like it had been a year, or maybe a whole lifetime.

Everyone else came over to greet him too. Jeffery looked better than he had in ages. His hair was even whiter now, but his whole face seemed to glow with energy. There was a light in his eyes that Connor hadn't seen in years.

again. Most of it was thanks to Nemo. Jeffery had always cared more than anything about that old, life-or-death friendship from his youth. That bond had left him with a lifetime of regret and longing-something that had become part of who he was. But now, all those old misunderstandings were gone. What was left was a connection that ran deep. Nemo still lived out at the Sartori family's cottage on the lake, playing chess with Jeffery, sipping tea, keeping him company every single day. It was the dream they'd both had when they were young,

had helped Connor's organs heal and kept his muscles

came over, beaming. Ever since Connor woke up, she seemed to

arrived too, walking right up with a confident smile. "Uncle, you're finally awake. Aunt Chloe's smiling again. She's had such a rough

was younger, Chloe had been his first love the girl he'd secretly admired.

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her and Connor had moved him deeply.

then being family was enough. He would always protect his "moonlight," as

taking in just how much he'd changed. After Claire died, Pax's whole personality shifted. He even looked different now-his

year apart, Pax carried himself with a calm maturity. He'd lost some

softened with pride. "You've really grown up, Pax. You're

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