The lost heiress never forgiven

Chapter 406

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.

for a while, she left under escort, glancing back at Sierra again and again, her lips pressed together

felt the

as she moved, Johnathan reached out and

“Sierra. Stay calm.”

disappeared down the hallway and couldn’t help but

“raising a child isn’t easy. Are you

could respond, he

courage she had

own. And she had to admit- she wasn’t ready to be someone’s mother. She didn’t even

We can’t save them all. But Dora… we can help her in other ways. We can fund her, L good home. But that doesn’t mean we have

her a

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Dickson. You understand

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did understand. And those were the

know. That’s what I’ve been thinking about too. I’ll give it

the topic there–both quietly aligned in

looked after Johnathan, and still tried to spend time with

of the academic exchange

objections, insisted on showing up in

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