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Chapter 7 — Lines in the Dust

Aвтор: Alice hart
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Sienna

The silence in the house was a wild storm after he stormed out.

He hadn’t lingered — just dropped a bombshell in my living room and walked away, leaving the door swinging like our lives could shift with just a gust. I sat on the couch, my fucking reality slipping through my fingers, my heart racing and my hands trembling.

Moonlight slashed through the shadows, the only comfort coming from Caleb’s soft breaths in the nursery.

Ronan was back.

He knew.

He held our son. He connected with him, and I felt the earth beneath me tremble.

How was I supposed to breathe?

Curled up on the couch, I tightened my sweatshirt around me, my knees pulled to my chest, and stared at the door, hoping against hope that it would swing open again. That he’d return and turn my world upside down once more.

Two years of safety shattered in an instant.

Two years of convincing myself that we were better off without him.

And then one knock, one look, and everything I thought I knew cracked wide open
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