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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY

Penulis: Deborah Writes
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-05-29 23:52:52

***CHARLOTTE’S POV***

They say every journey has its own beginning and its own end.

For the first time in a long time, I believed that.

Because Lucy’s sickness had been the longest, cruelest journey of her life— years of fighting, years listening to doctors deliver words that were supposed to be facts but felt more like sentences. Years of being told, quietly and carefully and with great professional sympathy, that she would not live past the age of six.

And yet…

Here she was.

Alive.

Sitting up
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    “Ah.” Lynn said the single syllable as though it explained and forgave a great many sins. Dianna just rolled her eyes. While Flora’s expression tightened—just for second, before she masked it with a brittle smile. I had no doubt she would confront Clyde later, demanding to know why I deserved a

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