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Chapter 34: The Banquet Invitation
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2025-11-01 19:00:42Joshua didn't know what to say. He hadn't seen Ashley in years. She didn't talk to him and their relationship was so cold. Awkward, even, due to their strained family history. He had just read about her accomplishments online, just like everyone else. But he nodded and smiled anyways. "Yeah, she's amazing."
He spent the rest of the day questioning whether or not he had been right. He went back to his dorm that night and opened her name up on the computer again. There she was. Dr. Ashley Dawson. A genius scientist that discovered new technology in pharmaceutical biotechnology. Her smiling face was plastered across articles and awards. She looked so strong and composed in her simple white button up and glasses. He wondered if she would even know who he was.He wanted to ask her, to find out. But he had no idea how.Joshua's own life had begun
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The hospital room was silent except for the gentle beep of the monitor and the occasional noise of nurses passing by the door. There were dim lights in the room, and the city outside the window cast a weak glow behind the blinds. Ashley lay on pillows propped up at an angle; her shoulder still wrapped with bandages and she looked tired but awake. Nathan sat on the side of the bed with his hand resting on her leg, but his eyes continued to drift toward the door as if he thought someone might enter at any second."You hugged him," Nathan spoke in a low tone, almost trembling.Ashley slowly moved her head toward him. "He was crying, Nate. He was falling apart right in front of me. He just needed someone to hold him for a second."Nathan's jaw hardened. "He gave me t
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"I know," she said quietly. "However, he is currently in a hospital room and I am already in this hospital. If I walk away, I will think about it every night. I cannot ignore this."Nathan sat down next to her. "You are too kind for your own good."She smiled at him calmly. "Being kind is not being weak, Nathan. Being kind is something I choose because it feels right."Nathan let out a long, slow sigh. "I am afraid this will hurt you again.""It may," she said. "But I survived worse. I survived being shot. I survived everything Kimberly attempted to do. I can handle this conversation."Nathan put his head in his hands, and rubbed his temples. "I want to go with
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Kimberly's demeanor changed. She looked both confused and angry. "You think you're strong," she said. "But you are really breaking."Ashley looked at Kimberly with a peaceful gaze. "We all break. The difference is how we stand up again."With that, Ashley turned and walked away. Her shoulder ached, but her step was steady. There was no sense of victory, only relief. It was amazing how sometimes peace felt like pure exhaustion.Later that night, Nathan came to Ashley's room. Mia let him enter the room cautiously. He immediately came to Ashley, who was sitting in the room with a cup of warm tea."Hi," he said as he stopped in front of her. "I heard you met with Kimberly."
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For the first time in weeks, she didn't feel alone. The pain existed, and the fear continued to exist, but his presence filled the room with something she'd missed more than she cared to admit.They remained like that, hand in hand, while the dangers and truths of the world outside the hospital room continued to evolve. Within the confines of the room, the gap between them narrowed, piece by delicate piece.---Light from the hospital room dawned softly and slowly upon Ashley. An hour had passed since she awoke, and she lay still with her eyes half-closed listening to the muted sounds of the nurses as they moved through the corridors. The quiet offered her space to think, although the thoughts that arose were varied and frequently heavy. She glanced at her bandaged shoul
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Mia hesitated for a moment before taking the envelope. "I will give it to her when she awakens."Nathan nodded once. "Thanks."Nathan got in his car, and looked at the house where he had been, for quite some time. He then pulled off of the estate's property, and watched as the lights from the house faded from view in his rearview mirror. His heart was heavy, the ache inside his chest growing with each passing mile. Nathan told himself he wouldn't rest until he had dug up the whole truth. If someone had taken his blood sample, Nathan would find them. If Kimberly had lied to him, Nathan would reveal every part of the lie. He had lost Ashley the first time due to fear. Nathan wasn't going to lose Ashley a second time because of silence.Back at the house, Mia stood near the
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