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Chapter 7: Vanessa

作者: Cold Storm
last update 最終更新日: 2025-07-03 01:44:41
I barely slept.

Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Marcus's face. Not the way he looked when he was alive, warm and loving and full of promises, but the way the detective had described him. Cold. Still. Gone.

The tears had stopped sometime around three in the morning, leaving behind a hollow ache that settled deep in my chest like a stone I'd swallowed.

Now, as pale dawn light filtered through the floor-to-ceiling windows of my new room, I stared at the ceiling and tried to figure out how my life had become unrecognizable in less than forty-eight hours.

A soft knock interrupted my spiraling thoughts.

"Miss Rodriguez?" Mrs. Ciro's voice was gentle through the door. "Mr. De Luca would like to see you in his office."

My stomach clenched. "What time is it?"

"Seven-thirty. He's an early riser."

I dragged myself from bed and pulled on the simple black dress I'd worn to the hospital yesterday. In the mirror, I looked exactly like what I was, a woman who'd lost everything and w
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    The silence hit me the moment I opened my eyes.No soft humming from down the hall. No gentle footsteps on the hardwood floors. No warm laugh floating up from the kitchen.Just emptiness.I lay there momentarily, staring at the ceiling, trying to convince myself this was better. That having Vanessa—Agent Romano out of my house, out of my life, was the right choice.But the silence felt wrong.Like something vital had been ripped away.I rolled out of bed and grabbed my phone from the nightstand. Six-thirty in the morning. Aria would be waking up soon, and for the first time in three months, I'd get her ready for the day.The way it used to be.The way it should be.So why did it feel like I was missing a limb?I pulled on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, running my hands through my hair as I walked down the hallway. Each step felt heavier than the last, like I was walking through quicksand.Aria's door was slightly ajar. I pushed it open and immediately saw her standing in her crib, her

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