Chapter 408 Not Ready Yet
Facing Dora’s pure, expectant eyes, Sierra couldn’t bring herself to answer.
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She wanted to nod–but reality reminded her not to act on impulse. Her voice was slightly hoarse as she said, “Dora, I don’t know if you’ll be able to see me every day. I’ll try my best. Maybe we can keep video calling, like before.”
She couldn’t even look Dora in the eyes while saying it–for fear she’d cave and promise something she couldn’t keep.
Dora was the kind of child who took every word seriously.
And Sierra knew she couldn’t give her the care she deserved. Not just because of her workload–but because there was a real danger now. That organization might still be watching. She didn’t want Dora to be in harm’s way again.
“I’m sorry, Dora,” she whispered, her voice catching.
But Dora didn’t seem bothered at all. “That’s okay! Video calls are great too. Can you tell me a story every day? I think that’s something I can do!”
Sierra forced a smile.
“If I ever have something come up, I’ll tell you in advance, okay?”
“Okay!”
Dora agreed without complaint. She was easily satisfied.
while, she left under escort, glancing back at Sierra again and again, her lips pressed together in
nearly broke Sierra’s resolve. She felt the sudden
just as she moved, Johnathan reached out and grabbed her
“Sierra. Stay calm.”
down the hallway and couldn’t help but
quietly, “raising a child isn’t easy.
she could respond, he continued, “I’m not
she had built up
admit- she wasn’t ready to be someone’s mother. She didn’t even know if she could be one. She
can help her in other ways. We
her a
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understand. And those were the
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they left the topic there–both
presentation, looked after Johnathan, and still
the day of
Sierra’s objections, insisted on showing up in a
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