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Chapter 75

Author: Sophie Lane
last update publish date: 2026-03-10 03:30:04

The house was quiet except for the television.

Sophia sat on the couch with Hailey sleeping against her chest while images from New York repeated over and over on the screen. Smoke poured from the towers, reporters speaking quickly, confusion everywhere.

Her mother stood in the kitchen, one hand over her mouth.

No one was speaking.

Then the front door opened.

Dominic walked in.

Sophia immediately felt the tension in the room shift. He wasn’t in his uniform jacket anymore, and his face looked mo
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