Rick held the medicine out to Gordon with a look that bordered on desperation. "Sir, please take your medicine, alright?"

"Take it, get some sleep, and you'll feel better tomorrow," Rick coaxed gently. "Ms. Sophie will still be here tomorrow. Isn't she always right in front of you?" Gordon felt a bit of the weight lift off his shoulders at Rick's words.

Yeah.

She was still alive.

Just as he had always pictured her.

Beautiful, gracious, and smart.

She was married now, supposedly happy.

And she would be happy for the rest of her life.

"Being Mrs. Aldridge is dangerous. Her current situation is the best outcome I could have hoped for her," Gordon thought.

He swallowed the medicine, feeling the bitter taste linger.

Then, he leaned back on the bed, hoping for some light sleep.

As if with the nightfall, he would be transported back to that day sixteen years ago.

Back then, Sophie was just six.

The Aldridge family goons had kidnapped her and Harold.

His parents, in a frantic attempt to rescue Harold, were ambushed and tragically killed.

At the same time, he had injured his legs trying to save Sophie.

He held Sophie tight, crawling away from the chaos, looking at her unconscious, wounded form, and felt an overwhelming sense of helplessness and despair for the first time in his life. He had never believed in any higher power.

But in that moment, he prayed for her life, willing to give anything.

he finally

were gone, Harold still not

Sophie was burning up with fever from her injuries and

Aldridge family was in

he couldn't

Aldridge family took

reins

had no

and exacted revenge on their

due to her fever, barely remembered anything

He thought then,

was better

close to him was like

from Aldridge

be

be

yor safe.

steeled his heart and stayed away for six long

SWI

went through rehab and buried himself

he had officially taken over

all his power, he the

Sophie from the

outside.

fell apart; Sophie lost

girl must have been in so

he couldn't go

and she fell

She got married.

her life wasn't going

wanted to step in so many times, but he was just

crippled legs,

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