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BEN POV

The flight back to New York was smooth.

Alessia had fallen asleep, and I was lost in my thoughts, thinking about what my own mother did.

She just wanted money.

She didn’t even care about my own well-being.

We were going to arrive in New York mid-afternoon, and Clay was picking us up alone because Marcelo was out of the country for an art exhibition.

It felt good to be back home, but my heart was elsewhere.

I dreaded that I had left things unfinished with Ambrose.

I groaned deeply and pushed the memories away.

I didn’t want to dwell in the past.

I wondered what my new brother was like.

Obviously, he looked like his parents.

When the plane finally landed, I sighed with relief, whispering a silent prayer, and turned to wake up Alessia.

I touched her cheek.

“Time to wake up, sleepyhead.”

She mumbled something in her sleep, and I couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Honey, we need to go.”

She slowly opened her eyes.

She looked so much like her father.

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