Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 536

A full day and night...

Lindey must've come straight here after I left the Johnston residence.

When I saw her kneeling there, hunched over, it felt like my heart was caught in a vice.

Abbot Levinsky moved toward her, but I just stood there, frozen.

After what felt like forever, I finally made myself move knelt down beside her and whispered, "Lindey."

She flinched, then slowly looked up at me, disbelief flickering across her face. Her lips trembled, but she didn't say anything-just let the tears fall,

I looked at her tear-streaked cheeks and the gray creeping into her hair, and I couldn't believe how much she seemed to have aged overnight. "Rea..." Her voice was shaky as she said my name, then pulled me into a tight hug.

Her embrace had once been my safest place, the warmest in my world. But now? I couldn't bring myself to lift my arms and hold her back.

been begging for mercy... she whispered,

or hurt would change. the fact that they were gone. Holding onto this hate was only hurting

and Abbot Levinsky's stories Suddenly, it hit me: clinging to the past wasn't going to fix

my hate wouldn't bring them back. What was the point of it? It only fed my own pain. "You're not going

truth about my parents' deaths, they'd

I found out, that guilt had started eating them alive. If I could let this go, maybe they could finally find peace too. "What's done is done. Matthew... I'm done pursuing it. As I said it, the weight I'd been carrying on my

has a way of catching up to people who do wrong. So why was

to let fate

Come on, let me help you up," I said, reaching

she'd been down so

Levinsky stepped forward, offering a hand and

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onto me tightly. "Ren, will I