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Chapter 13- The Uninvited Guest

Author: Jechera
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-09 20:02:49

DOMINIC

Mornings were usually my sanctuary.

Before the noise. Before the expectations. Before the mask.

But not today.

I sat at the long mahogany dining table, black coffee untouched, scrolling through backlogged emails on my phone. Deals. Board meetings.

Deadlines. And none of them mattered as much as the tight knot still sitting in my chest since he was discharged from the hospital.

Elliot.

I hadn’t realized how quickly the kid had grown on me in such short amount of time. I told myself I was just helping Brooklyn because I could. Because it was efficient strategic and clean.

But that little boy had looked up at me with so much trust and now I couldn’t stop picturing the oxygen mask on his face or the panic in Brooklyn’s eyes.

The kitchen door swung open. I glanced up.

Marta, the head cook, entered with her usual authority, wearing her white apron and signature frown. “Good morning, Mr. Blackwell,” she said, placing down a tray.

The smell of bacon, freshly baked bread, and eggs fil
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