Stella blinked in surprise, as if she could hardly believe what she was hearing.

"Bryn, it's strange," she said quietly. "Back when you were hopelessly in love with Stewart, I don't think you ever truly understood him. But now that you don't love him anymore, it's almost as if... you see him more clearly than ever."

Briony paused, caught off guard by the observation.

The living room was silent except for the low, bubbling sound of the kettle boiling in the kitchen.

No one picked up the thread of conversation again.

...

Upstairs at Southcreek Manor, in the master bedroom.

After the IV drip, Stewart's condition finally stabilized, though he remained unconscious.

Dr. Cedric Clarke packed away his medical kit and stepped out of the bedroom, quietly closing the door behind him.

Waiting in the hallway were Lorna, Carl, and Carol-all three watching Cedric with anxious expressions.

sighed. "For now, he's stable," he said,

reddened. "Dr. Clarke, Mr. Wentworth is still so young. Please, there must be something more you can

he may not make it through the summer." The

late July. The kids' summer

brief; by the end of August, you

hints of autumn

likely had less than two

realization left everyone in

obvious to her how

soon losing their

just kids-barely reunited with their dad, hardly enough time

said just the other day that when winter comes, he wants to build snowmen

words landed like a punch in the

"Carol, you mustn't let

going to

yet not even

not fully understanding the

"When will

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