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Chapter 6

Author: TJ
The Ashwoods returned to the estate before sunrise.

Father went straight to the apartment above the stables. The door was unlocked.

Inside, the bed had been made, the wardrobe emptied, and every drawer left open. Not a single piece of clothing remained.

Even the framed photograph of Grandmother was gone.

“She planned this,” Father said.

Callum stood behind him.

“She’ll come back in a few days. Aria has always been stubborn.”

But a week passed, and I didn’t return.

By the fifth day, Father had de
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