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The Confrontation with Linda

Author: Elizabeth
last update publish date: 2026-05-20 08:39:31

The hospital room was sterile and quiet, the kind of silence that pressed on your chest like a weight. Linda Santos lay in the bed, her body still wrapped in bandages from the fire and the gunshots she had taken protecting Lily. Machines beeped softly beside her, tracking her heart rate and oxygen levels. She smiled when Cedric walked in, but the smile faded the second she saw his face.

“You know,” she said. It wasn’t a question.

Cedric sat down in the chair beside her bed, Lily curled in his l
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