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Chapter 40: Alessandro

Author: Cold Storm
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Aria's laughter echoed through the penthouse, but it felt hollow to me.

She was sitting on the living room floor with Isabella, stacking colorful blocks into a tower that would inevitably fall. Isabella's voice was soft and musical as she counted each block, trying to teach Aria numbers she was still too young to understand.

"One, two, three," Isabella said patiently. "Can you say three, sweetheart?"

Aria babbled something vaguely like the number, and Isabella's face lit up like she'd just solved world hunger.

I watched from the doorway, coffee cup in hand, feeling like an outsider in my own home.

This should be perfect. This should be everything I'd dreamed of during those dark months when I thought Isabella was dead.

My wife. My daughter. My family.

So why did it feel like I was watching someone else's life?

"Alessandro?" Isabella looked up at me, her smile bright. "Come sit with us."

I forced myself to move, settling onto the couch behind them. Close enough to be part of the scene,
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