Chapter 95

Briony had a dream.

In it, she was sharing a holiday dinner with her mother.

Her mother smiled and praised her cooking.

Briony laughed, but tears slipped down her cheeks.

"Mom..."

Sprawled across the big bed, Briony's brow furrowed as her tears soaked the pillow beneath her.

She murmured restlessly, clutching the front of her nightshirt in pain, her suffering almost unbearable.

In her dream, her mother said she was tired, and from now on, Briony would have to walk her own path alone.

Briony begged her not to leave, but her mother only faded away into the mist that drifted across the river. No matter how desperately Briony called, she never appeared again.

"Mom!"

Briony jolted awake.

For a moment, as she stared up at the familiar ceiling, the world felt strange and distant.

"Mommy!"

At the foot of the bed, Irwin abandoned his toys and scrambled over to her side.

a bad

him, her mind slowly clearing from the

This was Southcreek Manor.

how had she ended up

mattress, pushing herself upright, and rubbed her aching

could barely recall-she'd gone down to the river,

after that was a

you crying?" Irwin reached up and touched her damp cheek. "You were crying in your sleep, too. You kept calling

Briony gazed at him.

concern in his young eyes was genuine, impossible to

in worry, there was something in the set

thought of Rosita, a wave of rejection-almost revulsion-rose

threw off the covers,

dizziness washed over her; her body felt weak

to stay here a

out of the master bedroom

"Mommy!"

grabbing her hand. “Are you leaving

free, her voice cold. "Irwin, don't call me Mommy

Irwin froze.

didn't spare him another glance and

ground floor,

from the kitchen with

up at Irwin, who had followed her

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