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Angela's heart hammered so violently against her ribs that she was certain everyone on the beach could hear it. The distance between her and Lucian wasn't far at all. A minute. Maybe less. Yet every step felt like crossing an entire ocean. The sand shifted beneath her feet as she walked, forcing her to slow down, and somehow that only made everything worse. It gave her too much time to think. For the first time in her life, Angela understood what true regret felt like. Not guilt or embarrassment. Not the temporary remorse people felt after making bad choices. This was different. This was the kind of regret that settled deep inside your chest and stayed there. The kind that followed every breath. The kind that made you wish you could turn back time even when you knew it was impossible. The ocean breeze lifted strands of her hair as she continued walking, her trembling fingers curling into fists at her sides. "Please," she whispered to herself. She wasn't even sure what s
While the Hale family celebrated what felt like a hard-earned victory, the Blackwoods found themselves fighting a battle that no amount of sunshine or good intentions could easily solve. Convincing Lucian to leave his isolation had been difficult enough, but convincing Angela proved nearly impossible. The moment she heard everyone was heading to the beach, she refused without hesitation. She looked devastated, nothing like the bright, expressive daughter her parents knew. When they gently encouraged her to come along, Angela could only laugh bitterly and ask what exactly she was supposed to do there. Watch Lucian ignore her? Watch him walk away every time she got close? Be reminded of the damage she had caused every second she remained near him? The moment her mother mentioned the beach again, Angela's response came instantly. "No!" The answer was so immediate, so firm, that nobody even had the chance to finish the invitation. She sat curled up on the edge of her bed, her k
TWO DAYS LATER! The villa remained beautiful, sunlight poured through enormous windows, the ocean shimmered in the distance, and the scent of flowers drifted through the air, but none of it mattered. The place felt less like a luxury retreat and more like a cage filled with people who no longer knew how to act around one another. Even Felix and Lisa, whose combined talent for creating chaos could usually survive any disaster, had finally run out of distractions. Sitting together in one of the living rooms, they watched Lucian through the open terrace doors where he sat with a book in his hands. At this point, neither of them knew whether he had actually finished dozens of books over the past two days or whether he had been staring at the same page for hours. Lisa folded her arms and sighed. "This is bad." Felix nodded with unusual seriousness. "This is apocalypse-level bad." She glanced at him. "Zombie apocalypse?" He pointed dramatically toward Lucian. "Worse. He hasn
The breakfast eventually came to an end, not because anyone had finished eating or because the atmosphere had improved, but because remaining around the table had become almost impossible. The food sat untouched on several plates, coffee had long since gone cold, and conversations had died before they could properly begin. One by one, family members began finding excuses to leave. The younger children escaped first. Felix pushed his chair back dramatically and threw his hands into the air. "I'm going outside before this depression becomes contagious." Under normal circumstances, the comment would have earned immediate laughter, especially from Adrian, whose dry sense of humor always appreciated Felix's ridiculous theatrics. Today, however, only a few weak smiles appeared around the table. The grin on his face faltered for a brief moment before he quickly masked it. Lisa stood immediately after Felix. "Absolutely not," she announced while grabbing her juice. "There i
The next morning, the villa no longer felt like the paradise it had been only days earlier. The transformation was impossible to miss. Even the ocean beyond the windows seemed different. The waves still rolled toward the shore in their endless rhythm, the morning sun still scattered gold across the water, and the familiar scent of salt still drifted through the open windows with the breeze. Yet none of it carried the same warmth. The villa that had once echoed with laughter, teasing, and playful chaos now felt strangely hollow. Only a few days ago, the halls had been filled with running footsteps, exaggerated arguments, and adults pretending to scold the younger generation while secretly smiling at their antics. Now, an oppressive silence ruled the house. It sat heavily in everyone's chest, impossible to ignore and impossible to escape. Nobody fully understood what had happened, but they all knew something had broken. Whatever it was, it had taken a piece of Lucian with i
Slowly, Adrian realized the horrifying truth. Nobody knew or understood. Nobody had any idea what had happened between Lucian, Angela, and Alex. And somehow that frightened him more than any explanation ever could. He didn’t want to think of the worst. Nathan and Seraphina exchanged a glance. Both had reached the same conclusion. Something devastating had happened. Something powerful enough to destroy years of trust and leave permanent scars behind. What frightened Nathan most wasn't that Lucian seemed angry. It was that he didn't. Anger meant there was still something left to fight for. What Nathan had seen earlier looked far worse. It looked final. As though something inside his son had simply died. ********* Upstairs, behind a locked bedroom door, Lucian sat alone in complete darkness. The room overlooked the ocean, a view he normally loved, but tonight he couldn't bring himself to look at it. Darkness felt easier and safer. It asked no questions an
Meanwhile, Felix’s phone buzzed violently in his pocket. One of his friends leaned over the table. “Dude, you look like you saw a ghost.” Felix read the message from Lisa and his face went pale. “My brother and sister-in-law were just in a car accident.” The table went silent. His friends' mou
The Hale family was still buzzing with shock, relief, and overwhelming excitement when a nurse finally approached them again. The waiting room had been chaotic for nearly an hour. No one had actually been sitting properly. Felix had paced in excitement. Lisa had cried twice and laughed three tim
After Elara said everything, after she calmly, ominously, and almost theatrically dropped her “vision” about George divorcing Grace, the entire room had gone so quiet that a pin drop could have been heard. Grace stood frozen for a long second. Her lips trembled and her fingers twitched. Her prid
The next morning... The sunlight that filtered through the tall windows of the Hale estate felt wrong. It was too bright for a house that had barely slept, too warm for a family that had spent the entire night sitting outside Nathan's bedroom, waiting to hear whether he would wake up again withou







