She didn’t understand why Nola suddenly took the initiative to talk to her.

Nola approached with a warm, unsettling smile.

“It’s been ages!

You’ve changed so much.

She secretly sized Stella up.

“What’s your profession now? I’ve just returned from abroad and am settling in Seamarsh.

We should catch up more often.

Oh, and I brought someone back with me, someone you definitely know.

Stella’s heart sank at the insinuation, a sense of foreboding washing over her.

As Nola called out, “Leo, look who’s here.

that name,

the man in

years had

Stella’s mind

had left for

to her senses

belonged to a chapter of her life she had firmly

reopening past wounds or rekindling

“Let’s go, Besty.

grasped Besty’s hand, ready to depart from

pivoted away, Leo interjected, his

time no

gaze held hers,

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time together, Leo had admired Stella’s

seemed even more radiant

replaced by the

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