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CHAPTER FIFTY: After Henry

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last update 公開日: 2026-08-01 23:49:15

Emma's POV

The door closes behind him.

I stand in the hallway with my hands still on my sides, and I look at the wood of the door for a long moment. I do not move. I do not breathe. I do not do anything at all.

Then I walk back to the kitchen.

Julian is standing at the counter. He has not sat back down. The envelope is where Henry left it, small and cream and unopened, and Julian does not move or reach out or anything. He is looking at me the way you look at someone who has just walked through
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