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Alistair dropped Eloise off at the kindergarten entrance. Instead of waving goodbye as usual, she tilted her little face up and stared at

him with a serious expression.

Alistair touched his face in confusion.

What was wrong? Did I have something written on it?

Eloise's small face showed signs of worry. "Daddy, are you feeling

sick?"

"Not at all. Daddy's perfectly healthy and feeling great," Alistair replied.

To prove his point, he flexed his muscles in front of Eloise. "See? Daddy's super strong, I might not be able to fly or burrow underground, but I'm not far behind Superman."

Eloise responded with complete seriousness, "Can Superman make delicious creamy garlic shrimp pasta? Can Superman braid my hair? In my eyes, Daddy, you're a hundred times better than Superman!"

Her sweet words, flowing like honey, made Alistair's heart bloom with joy.

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After Eloise walked into kindergarten with her teacher, the gentle smile on Alistair's face instantly gave way to worried uncertainty.

While brushing his teeth that morning, memories of his miserable six years had triggered recollections of Liam sobbing uncontrollably in front of him.

Liam had cried like a child then-terrified and helpless, completely stripped of his usual authority.

It had completely broken Alistair's heart.

Who wouldn't collapse under the weight of a ten-year prison sentence?

Yet six years later, when Alistair recalled the incident that had also dragged him down, an inexplicable heaviness settled in his chest, perhaps due to his changed perspective.

and injured someone. The victim's family had demanded a lump sum payment of two million dollars from Liam, threatening

learning from somewhere that the maximum sentence for a traffic accident was only three years -so where did

doubt, once rooted

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left Alistair restless and

the toothpaste from his mouth and deliberately searched on his

made

maximum sentence for vehicular manslaughter really

had it become ten

rewrite to

serve.

only one

closed his eyes briefly.

answer surfaced with undeniable force-had he

happened first, and Rebecca

have predicted the future,

still unable to calm his racing heart,

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Rebecca had

teacher conference. If Alistair hadn't mentioned it, Liam wouldn't even know

If she wanted to find Liam's contact information,

was drunk, that Alistair finally discovered why, out of so many people, she had specifically chosen him as a

drinking heavily late into the night and smashing everything breakable in her apartment. Then, with arrogant disdain, she ordered Alistair to restore the

Rebecca curled up on the sofa, alternating between crying and

seemed like ages, she fixed

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worked. Out of nowhere, she asked, "Do you

without context,

about this himself. He and Rebecca had no connection whatsoever, so why had this singular "privilege" fallen upon him? Finally, on that day, he learned

was known for

said, "Doesn't he hate you the most?

my side, to have his flesh and blood call you

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