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Chapter 11

Author: Anna Campbell
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-10-21 07:25:16

Sydney

It was fun watching Eric squirm in his chair.

He drove with both hands on the wheel, his posture stiff, his eyes fixed on the road ahead.

We were on our way to the orphanage.

It was almost laughable how the man who’d spent days avoiding the topic from the first time I asked, suddenly decided to play the dutiful husband once I stopped asking.

But I had insisted. He had run out of excuses.

“We won’t stay long,” he said at last, his voice perfectly measured. “It’s best if we don’t disrupt the children’s routine.”

“I only want to see the child you want to adopt,” I replied, keeping my tone mild. “It’s important to me.”

He nodded, though the muscle in his jaw twitched. I looked out the window, watching the city thin into open fields. The further we drove, the quieter the world became. Even the birds seemed to sense that something about this trip was wrong.

The orphanage appeared beyond a low hill, a squat building of pale brick framed by iron gates and overgrown ivy. It looked respe
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