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Chapter Twelve

Author: Racheal Grace
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-18 13:16:58

I couldn’t sleep.

Even after Grandma left me with that name, Michael, echoing in my head, I sat at my desk long after the lamps should have been extinguished.

My fingers traced circles on the table.

Michael.

The name felt both familiar and foreign.

When I tried to remember him, the memories slipped .

At last, I gave up on silence.

I went down the hallway toward Grandma’s study.

She was always awake, always working, as if sleep itself was a weakness she refused to indulge.

I knocked softly.

“Come in,” she called.

When I stepped inside, I found her sitting with one of Mother’s journals. She looked up, and for a moment I paused.

“Grandma… earlier today, when you said that name, Michael, what did you mean?

She looked at me , studying me in that way she always did, like she was deciding whether I was strong enough for the truth.

Finally, she closed the journal and folded her hands over it.

“Michael,” she repeated softly. “Yes. I wondered how long it would take for his name to remind
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