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chapter fifty six

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Days blurred after the hospital discharge, but life didn't wait for wounds to heal. Alex came home with me to the safe house, his shoulder stiff and bandaged, moving like every step pulled at invisible strings. The doctors said he'd be fine in a few weeks ,no permanent damage, just rest and painkillers. But watching him wince when he reached for a coffee mug or shifted in bed twisted something deep in my chest. He was alive. We were alive. That was the mantra I whispered to myself every morning, staring at the ring on my finger our promise etched in platinum.And Gosh i so love him deeply.

I went back to the café the next day. Stubborn, maybe. Stupid, Alex called it, arguing over breakfast until his voice cracked with worry. "Stay home. Let me handle things." But I couldn't. The crash had taken so much my Dad, Liam, but it hadn't taken my fight. Dad always said, "Build something, Clara. Even if it's small. Even if it hurts." And Liam... God, Liam would've laughed at me hiding, he is
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