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.

I've been begging for mercy... she whispered, her voice breaking between

bring my parents back. I knew that no amount of anger or hurt would change.

Levinsky's stories Suddenly, it hit me:

my parents. But my hate wouldn't bring them back. What was the point of it? It only fed my own pain. "You're not going to find peace here," I said, my voice tight. "That's something only

know the truth about my parents' deaths, they'd felt no guilt.

done is done. Matthew... I'm done pursuing it. As I said it, the weight I'd been carrying on my

of catching up to people who do wrong. So

was time to let fate

let me help you

down so long, she

forward, offering a hand and nodding

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held onto me tightly. "Ren, will I still