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Chapter 32

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The arena was louder than usual that evening.

Not with cheering crowds or roaring fans, but with the low mechanical hum of preparation. The team had a televised practice scrimmage scheduled, something the organization used to keep public attention high during mid-season fatigue.

Sheila hated televised sessions.

They blurred the line between performance and spectacle, turning training into theater. And right now, theater was the last thing she needed.

She sat in the analytics booth overlooking t
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    The stadium lights were bright, cutting through the late afternoon haze, casting long shadows across the ice. The crowd’s energy buzzed like electricity, fans waving banners and chanting, their voices swelling into a roar that felt almost tangible. After weeks of chaos, betrayal, and uncertainty, today was different. Today, Atticus would skate again—not just for himself, but for everyone who had stood by him, and most importantly, for Sheila.Sheila stood near the edge of the rink, her hands clasped tightly together, heart hammering so loudly she feared it might echo over the cheers. She had seen him through the worst of it—false accusations, media attacks, manipulative forces trying to tear them apart—but now, seeing him in full uniform, the team ready at his side, she felt a warmth spreading through her chest. Relief, pride, love—all mingled into a knot that made her almost dizzy.Then he appeared through the tunnel.Atticus’s strides were purposeful, his posture straight, the famil

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    The city finally felt quiet.Not the heavy, suffocating silence that had haunted Sheila for months—but something softer. Lighter. Like the air itself had exhaled.The courthouse chaos, the press conference, the team reinstatement—it had all happened so fast. Too fast for her heart to fully catch up. Now, standing in the middle of the apartment living room with the evening skyline glowing outside the windows, she felt the aftermath settling into her bones.“They’re in custody,” she whispered again, almost like she needed to hear it out loud.Atticus stood behind her, arms sliding slowly around her waist. His chin rested on her shoulder.“They’re not running,” he murmured. “They’re not hiding.”She closed her eyes.“And you’re back.”He smiled faintly against her skin. “I never really left.”She turned in his arms then, studying him. There was something different about him tonight. The tension he’d carried for so long—like an invisible weight pressing against his shoulders—had eased.“Y

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    The call came at 5:52 a.m.Sheila had barely slept. Too many questions still echoed in her mind. Too many emotions from the night before—truths about adoption, stolen identity, betrayal layered over grief.Her phone vibrated against the nightstand.Unknown number.Her stomach twisted.Atticus stirred beside her. “Who is it?”“I don’t know.”She answered slowly. “Hello?”“Ms. Sheila?” The voice was firm. Official. “This is Inspector Morales from Border Security. We believe you’ll want to hear this personally.”Her heart began pounding so loudly she could barely hear.“Yes?”“There was an attempted departure at the northern border checkpoint at 4:18 a.m. Two individuals traveling under falsified passports. Susan Hale and Richard Hale.”The room felt like it tilted.“They—what?”“They were detained while attempting to cross into Canada. The passports were fraudulent. They’ve been arrested.”Her breath left her in a broken sound.Alive.They were alive.Her so-called parents.The ones who

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    Sheila couldn’t breathe.The name still echoed in her ears.“Mae.”Not Sheila.Mae.The woman in front of her trembled, one hand gripping the doorframe as if the world might spin out from under her at any second. Her eyes—identical in shape to Sheila’s—filled with tears so quickly it felt unreal.“You…” the woman whispered, voice breaking. “You’re alive.”The words made no sense.Sheila’s chest tightened. “Alive?”The woman covered her mouth, tears spilling freely now.From somewhere inside the house, a man’s voice called out, “Clara? Who is it?”Footsteps approached.A tall man with streaks of gray in his hair appeared behind her. He stopped short when he saw Sheila.Time froze.His gaze locked onto her face.The air left his lungs in a sharp, broken exhale.“No,” he breathed.Atticus stepped slightly closer to Sheila, protective but silent.The man took one hesitant step forward.“It can’t be…”Sheila’s voice shook. “Do you… know me?”The woman—Clara—let out a soft sob.“We searched

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    Morning came too gently for a day that felt so heavy.Sunlight slipped through the curtains in thin golden lines, resting softly across the bedroom walls as if nothing in the world had shifted overnight. But everything had.Sheila was already awake.She hadn’t slept much.Her eyes were open, staring at the ceiling, replaying every word from the night before.Adopted.Chosen.Documents.Her father alive.The grief she carried for years now felt misplaced, almost embarrassing. She had cried at graves that had never held him. She had blamed herself for a distance that was never truly about her.Beside her, Atticus stirred.His arm was still wrapped around her waist, protective even in sleep.She turned slightly, studying his face. Calm. Unaware of the storm already brewing in her mind.She slipped out of bed quietly, careful not to wake him.The apartment felt different in the daylight. The same furniture. The same walls. But now every corner felt like it was watching her, like it knew s

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    Voices came first.Distant.Panicked.Then warmth.“Sheila. Baby, open your eyes.”Atticus.Her name sounded fragile in his mouth.Her lashes fluttered, vision blurry and unfocused. The ceiling above her looked unfamiliar for a second before memory came crashing back in violent waves.Adopted.Her father alive.Her mother distant and cold.Her body tensed instantly.She inhaled sharply, sitting up too fast. A wave of dizziness hit her, and strong hands caught her shoulders before she could fall again.“Slow,” Atticus murmured, holding her carefully. “You fainted.”She pulled away gently, not rejecting him—but needing space.Across the room, her father stood near the kitchen counter, pale and unsettled. Her mother remained seated, posture rigid, as though nothing monumental had just happened.Sheila pressed her fingers to her temples.“It wasn’t a nightmare,” she whispered.Atticus swallowed. “No.”Silence settled heavy again.Sheila swung her legs off the couch slowly, planting her fe

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    The conference room door slammed hard enough to make the glass panels tremble.Sheila didn’t witness it, but she heard it.The sharp echo carried down the hallway like a warning bell, making several staff members pause mid-step. Conversations hushed. Eyes flickered toward the corridor leading to ma

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    Morning arrived like a blade sharp, bright, and unforgiving.Sheila barely slept.The moment replayed in her mind over and over again. The way Atticus had looked at her. The way his voice had broken when he admitted what he wanted. The way her own body had frozen instead of reacting instantly.She

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    The arena lights had long gone out, leaving only the faint glow of the hallway emergency lamps guiding the empty corridors. The echo of earlier cheers still rang faintly in Sheila’s ears as she walked toward the locker rooms, her hockey bag hanging loosely over her shoulder.Her body was exhausted,

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    The storm didn’t break immediately.It lingered.Heavy. Suffocating. Waiting.Three days had passed since the message appeared on Sheila’s phone and since the kiss neither of them had spoken about again. Three days of distance that felt louder than any argument they had ever had. Three days of Atti

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