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Chapter 179

Chapter 179 - 179: Rebuild

Rayna reached for the car keys just as the door opened.

Stefan and Ethan stepped in, their expressions grim—like men returning from battle.

Stefan's eyes immediately locked onto Ruby's red-rimmed ones, her tear-streaked face still frozen in quiet devastation.

Immediately, he stopped in his tracks.

"You… you already know," he said softly, regret written across his face.

Ruby nodded, her arms still wrapped around herself, her voice low. "Rayna told me. She showed me the article."

Stefan stepped forward, slowly, carefully, as if approaching a wounded bird. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you over the phone. I just… I wanted to be here. I didn't want you to be alone when you found out."

Ruby gave him a faint smile, one that didn't quite reach her eyes. "It's okay. I understand. You were just trying to protect me."

He nodded, his jaw tightening. "I was. I still am."

"I just never thought Ivy could ever hurt our mom," she said as fresh tears slid down her cheek.

Stefan wrapped his arms around her and patted her head softly. "I'm so sorry, love."

For a moment, silence stretched between them, thick with unspoken grief as Ruby sobbed.

After she'd sobbed for a while, she pulled back and turned toward the others. "Let's go. I need to see her for the last time."

quiet except for the occasional sniffle from Ruby and the

various reporters had gathered around

moment detective Walter saw them, he signaled to his colleagues to help Ruby

air hit her like a slap. She'd been here

at her mother's dead face. One of the officers led her and the others to a restricted area where Detective Dylan Walter stood

them with a nod, his face neutral but

caught in her throat. She could barely hear her own

her?" she asked finally, her

the nurse beside

Stefan, Ethan and

skin had lost all its warmth. Her once perfectly styled black hair now lay flat

as she brought it to her lips. The sight of her mother like this—lifeless, empty and

would've preferred the Regina who would've yelled at her and ask what she was doing here or even

from her throat as she stepped closer. Her knees gave out, and Stefan rushed to steady her before she hit the floor.

her voice cracking. "I'm sorry we didn't fix it. I hated so much about us… but I never wanted this. I never imagined I'll see you like this this

as they reached out, hovering over Regina's cold

She closed her eyes.

words echoed in her mind. It's not your

yet to show. Her eyes fluttered open as her palm pressed softly over her

you," she whispered, her voice fierce beneath the pain. "I'll love all my children. No matter who they are. No matter what they do. I'll love them equally. I'll protect and discipline them when need be. And I'll teach them right

there for a few more moments in

turned away, Stefan gently placed a hand on the small of

Walter approached them again once they were outside the

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