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Bound By Guilt

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Chapter 202 - Bound by Guilt, Pulled by Love

Damon's POV

The room was too quiet.

It was just the wind rushing by the window that broke the silence, and yet it was not loud enough to hush the cacophony within my head.

Sophia's voice still haunted me.

"Please, just one minute—"

But I hadn't stayed.

I'd rush to Cara's cry, believing she and the baby were in danger. And when I got back… Sophia was gone. Not just from the room. Not just from the house. From my life.

Four days.

Four goddamn days.

And I had not even noticed.

Not because I didn't care, but because I was too busy trying to convince myself I was doing the right thing. That keeping Cara safe, caring for her, providing attention and affection… was noble.

It wasn't.

It was cowardice.

I rocked back in the chair and rubbed my hands over my face, pulling my fingers through the tension in my chest. Sleep had not visited in days. Not actual sleep. Just patches of blackness between hours that felt like forever of regret and self-loathin
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