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Cara Apologizes

作者: Abi Gail O
last update 公開日: 2026-05-25 16:21:13

It happened on a quiet Sunday morning.

Elara was in the garden when Cara found her. Not the formal grounds at the front but the eastern garden with the stone paths and the old oak tree and the bench that caught the morning light. Elara had developed the habit of spending her Sunday mornings there when the week had been full and she needed an hour that belonged entirely to her before the day made its demands.

She heard footsteps on the stone path and looked up.

Cara stopped a few feet away. She
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