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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.

demanded a lump sum payment of two million dollars from Liam, threatening him

maximum sentence for a traffic accident was only three years -so where

once rooted

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bearing fruit that left Alistair restless and

the toothpaste from his

made his blood

maximum sentence for vehicular manslaughter really was only

how had it become ten

could rewrite to suit their desires, deciding arbitrarily how

serve.

only one

eyes briefly. Though he dreaded

undeniable force-had

first, and

couldn't have predicted the future,

breath, still unable to calm his racing heart, which pounded

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had planned this together all

showed any interest in Alistair's life, never attending a single parent– teacher conference. If Alistair hadn't mentioned it, Liam wouldn't even know which school his son attended. Logically, he shouldn't have known Rebecca

wealthy and well-connected. If she wanted to find Liam's contact information, it probably wouldn't have been difficult

out of so many people, she had specifically

She completely lost it, drinking heavily late into the night and smashing everything breakable in her apartment. Then, with arrogant disdain,

in silence while Rebecca curled up on the sofa, alternating between crying and laughing, consumed by bitter resentment

like ages, she fixed Alistair with

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worked. Out of nowhere, she asked, "Do you know why I

came without context,

this himself. He and Rebecca had no connection whatsoever, so why had this singular "privilege"

off campus with Richard, who was known for his narrow-mindedness, and Richard had been holding a

he hate you the

I want to keep the person he despises by my side, to have his flesh and blood call you 'Daddy'! I just want to make his skin

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