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Chapter 37. The Switch.

Author: Dorily
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-19 23:52:43

Naya’s POV

The morning had been a mess of anxiety.

I told myself it was expected that every mother worried about their child’s first day of school and that every parent felt that crushing ache when they had to let go. But deep down, I knew this was different.

I wasn’t just any mother. Aiden wasn’t just any child.

I had already lost a son before.

And I had spent years fearing it would happen again.

Tobias had tried to reassure me, standing solid beside me as we waved Aiden off to school. I had barely slept the night before, checking and rechecking his backpack, ensuring his clothes were perfect, and giving him too many hugs.

Now, standing in the kitchen with a cup of coffee I wasn’t drinking, I stared blankly at the clock. Each minute stretched, clawing at my nerves.

Tobias watched me from the couch, legs stretched out, arms crossed, pretending to read a newspaper. He hadn’t turned a page in ten minutes.

“You can’t sit at the window all day,” he said.

I scowled. “I’m not sitting at the
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