Chapter 219 A Farewell Too Soon

Hector, lost in a deep slumber, stirred, his eyelids fluttering

open.

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Exhausted and frail, a strange light flickered in his eyes, fogging the oxygen mask with his breath. “Lillian… is it really you, Lillian?”

“Don’t you remember me?”

Tears streamed down Hector’s face, and Kaia’s followed.

“Don’t cry, Dad. I came too late. I’m sorry. Please get better soon. I miss you so much.”

Kaia poured her mother’s longing from the diary into Hector’s

ears.

Hector’s shoulders trembled. “Good… good. Lillian, my dear daughter, Dad let you down. I’m so sorry.”

Too weak to say more, his words came in halting bursts.

To ease Hector’s heart, Kaia spoke only of happy days, leaving her mother’s past hardships unspoken.

“Dad, your granddaughter’s name is Kaia. Next time, I’ll bring her to meet you, okay?”

Chapter 219 A Farewell Too Soon

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Hector’s lips twitched into a faint smile. “Beautiful… name…”

Kaia waved to the door, and Lucien stepped inside.

He stepped forward without a word, placing an arm around Kaia’s shoulders. His smile was soft. “We’re sorry for coming so

late.”

Hector gazed at the loving couple, a wave of relief washing over him as if his greatest burden had finally lifted.

Hector needed rest, and visiting hours were short. After an hour, they left.

could tell Hector’s time was

near.

to comfort her, “Don’t be sad,

tinged with bitterness. “I hope

hotel, but Malcolm insisted they

into the crook of Lucien’s

useless?”

long it would take to

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softly, “Not

if you’re sad. I’ll wipe

him a

always ruined

fell silent,

a year wasn’t enough. In five or ten years, she might be

gently stroked her

Silly girl.

he felt joy and

collected–especially not when it came

morning, before dawn, the hospital called. Hector had passed

into black, her

it, it came

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prepared, and everything

two elders gone in succession, the family remained shrouded in

Kaia noticed a familiar name on one

just a

her lingering by the flowers.

shook her head.

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the stops, finally getting a drunk

hungover, woke to see vivid marks on

“Sorry, should I

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