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.

have a

him, her mind slowly clearing from the

This was Southcreek Manor.

she

hands against the mattress, pushing herself

the

that was

cheek. "You were crying in your sleep, too.

Briony gazed at him.

concern in his young eyes was

was something in the set of his

a wave of rejection-almost revulsion-rose in Briony's

off the covers, and swung her

over her; her body

she couldn't stand to stay here a

out of the master bedroom and made her way

"Mommy!"

grabbing her hand. “Are

him, pulling her hand free, her voice cold. "Irwin,

Irwin froze.

glance and headed for the

as she reached the ground floor, she

from the kitchen with a steaming bowl

glancing up at Irwin, who had followed

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