• Chapter 3

  • I didn’t have to wait long in the room. Callum soon entered with Mila, their matching features striking–both wearing gentle smiles, eyes full of apparent warmth as they moved to embrace me.

  • I instinctively stepped back.

  • Callum’s smile faltered for a moment, but he said nothing. Mila’s eyes filled with tears. “Mommy, don’t you want to hug me?”

  • Her lips trembled, eyes glistening – the perfect picture of innocence that always melted her father’s

  • heart.

  • Callum immediately knelt beside her, pulling her close. “Of course not, sweetheart. Mommy’s dress is stained–she just doesn’t want to ruin your beautiful birthday dress.”

  • Mila’s tears subsided as she processed this. Then her face lit up with that dazzling smile I once

  • treasured.

  • never forget what you went through for me.

  • a “special gift” for me, how I’d been moved

  • – I felt hollow. And Callum, who’d sworn

  • silently, watching them leave hand

  • balcony, I watched their car disappear. Downstairs, the party was winding down. Callum’s friends were

  • a locked box. After charging it,

  • and I first started dating, I’d learned about Sophie Blake. His childhood sweetheart, his “pure first love.” Young and insecure, I’d created a secret social media account to monitor their relationship. Once convinced of

  • Wichte

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  • faces pressed together like mother and daughter. In the center photo, all three of them formed

  • I

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