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Leah could barely hold back her tears as her voice cracked. “Milo, if I’ve done something wrong, will you forgive me?”

Milo gritted his teeth, his tone sharp. “It depends. What exactly are you talking about?”

Leah’s sobs grew louder. “I didn’t know, Milo … I really didn’t know…”

“Didn’t know what?” he pressed.

“Milo, do you remember when we were younger, and I came home from school one day, and another parent took me with them?” Leah’s voice trembled.

Milo’s voice was soft but clear. “I remember. You were losing your baby teeth. We told you not to eat candy, but you went to a classmate’s house, hoping to get some.”

“That was the first time I met Bennett …” Leah whispered, a sudden heaviness in her words.

Milo’s expression darkened, his eyes narrowing in a flash of icy realization.

Leah, now shaking in fear, clutched his arm, her sobs intensifying. “I didn’t know who he was back then. He said he had a daughter about my age, a girl who was sweet like me. But he didn’t get along with his daughter, and he liked me more. He promised me anything I wanted, and he gave me so many gifts, including the ones you found. He said I should keep them, so it would feel like his daughter was with him.”

gave me candy, I just … I just agreed to it. I didn’t tell anyone because I didn’t want to upset

just below the surface. “So you didn’t only reconnect

only found out I wasn’t really Mom and Dad’s daughter, that I wasn’t your sister, two years ago!”

anger still present, though his voice softened slightly. “No matter what, those things were Charmaine’s. You shouldn’t have kept

I was too scared Charmaine would be upset, and I didn’t want to tell Mom and Dad or you guys. I didn’t want anyone to think I was a bad person, someone who

been hurting so much …” Leah placed a hand over her chest, her tears

so good to me, giving me so much love and protection from my family. I was so happy. But now I realize … I’ve

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to her, but I can’t leave you all. I’m too afraid … I’m terrified. I don’t

enough to know you and everyone else aren’t really my family,

to

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stay here. Does that mean I can stay here? I’m not replacing Charmaine. I just want to do what I want… Be with everyone and be happy, like a real

had always protected and cherished, now sobbing uncontrollably. He wanted to

silence, Milo finally took her hand, his voice low and

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