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Chapter 65: Recovery Together

ผู้เขียน: June Stars
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Jackson lasted another three weeks. Good days mixed with bad, moments of clarity punctuated by medication-induced fog. He held on longer than the doctors predicted, determined to see Catherine reach new milestones.

He was there when she took her first steps unassisted, wobbling across the living room into Lucy's arms. He heard her say "Mama" clearly for the first time. He watched her discover books, pointing at pictures with intense concentration.

But on a quiet Tuesday morning in early spring,
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  • The Twist of Fate    Chapter 65: Recovery Together

    Jackson lasted another three weeks. Good days mixed with bad, moments of clarity punctuated by medication-induced fog. He held on longer than the doctors predicted, determined to see Catherine reach new milestones.He was there when she took her first steps unassisted, wobbling across the living room into Lucy's arms. He heard her say "Mama" clearly for the first time. He watched her discover books, pointing at pictures with intense concentration.But on a quiet Tuesday morning in early spring, Jackson slipped away in his sleep. Peacefully, without pain, exactly as he'd hoped.Lucy found him when she came to check on him at dawn. He looked calm, almost smiling, his hand still holding the photograph of Rebecca he'd kept on his nightstand.She sat beside him for a long time, holding his other hand, saying goodbye to the man who'd been her whole world for so many years.William found her there an hour later, called the hospice nurse, handled the practical matters while Lucy remained froz

  • The Twist of Fate    Chapter 64: Hospital Vigil

    Catherine's first birthday arrived like a miracle they'd almost been denied. Lucy organized a small party, just family and close friends, wanting to mark the occasion without overwhelming their daughter.Jackson was there, healthier now, his cardiac rehab complete and his prognosis good. Rachel came with a ridiculously large stuffed elephant. Grace Chen brought medical-grade hand sanitizer and homemade cookies, the perfect combination of practical and thoughtful.Catherine sat in her high chair, face covered in cake, laughing at the chaos around her. She was walking now, or more accurately toddling with enthusiastic instability. Talking in single words that sometimes made sense. Growing into a personality that was equal parts stubborn determination and unexpected sweetness."She looks just like you," Jackson told Lucy, watching Catherine smash cake into her hair. "Same serious expression when she's concentrating. Same laugh when something delights her.""She has William's eyes," Lucy

  • The Twist of Fate    Chapter 63: The Shot

    Lucy's scream brought William awake instantly and security crashing through the door within seconds. The apartment erupted in chaos as guards swept every room, checking cameras, reviewing footage."She was here twenty minutes ago," one guard said, pulling up the security feed. "Camera shows normal sleep patterns, then..."The screen went black."Someone hacked the system," another guard said, typing frantically. "Professional job. Looped the footage so we wouldn't notice in real-time."Rachel arrived within ten minutes, half-dressed, her team already mobilizing. "Lockdown the building. No one enters or exits. Check every apartment, every storage unit, every possible hiding place."Lucy couldn't breathe. Her baby was gone. Stolen while sleeping feet away from her. The nightmare she'd feared for weeks had become reality."The Architect has her," Lucy said, her voice hollow. "He waited until we started to relax, then he took her.""We don't know that yet," Rachel said, though her face be

  • The Twist of Fate    Chapter 62: The Final Confrontation

    Three days after the vow renewal ceremony, Lucy received a call from the prison warden."Mrs. Ashcroft, Mirabel Carson has requested to see you. She's listed it as urgent family business."Lucy's first instinct was to refuse. "I'm not family. And I have nothing to say to her.""She's specifically requesting you and your husband. Says she has information about Catherine that you need to hear."Lucy felt ice in her veins. "What about Catherine?""She wouldn't say. Just that it concerns your daughter's safety and you need to visit within forty-eight hours or the information dies with her."After hanging up, Lucy told William. His face darkened with anger."It's a manipulation. Another one of her games. She wants to see us suffer, wants to maintain some control even from prison.""Probably. But what if she really does know something? What if there's still someone out there, some threat we haven't identified?" Lucy looked at Catherine sleeping in her bouncer. "Can we risk ignoring it?""We

  • The Twist of Fate    Chapter 61: Safe House

    Mirabel's gun hand was steady, her eyes cold and calculating in the moonlight. Behind her, Diane looked terrified, less certain about whatever plan they'd made."Put the gun down, Mirabel," Isabel said calmly. "You can't win this. Even if you shoot all of us, you'll never escape. The woods are full of federal agents.""Then I'll die taking them with me. At least I'll have that satisfaction." Mirabel's finger moved to the trigger, aimed directly at Lucy's chest. "You destroyed everything. My son is dead because of you. My life is over because of you.""Brad is dead because of his own choices," Lucy said, forcing her voice steady despite the terror coursing through her. "You're in prison because you murdered seven people. Nothing that happened to you is because of me.""You seduced William. Turned him against his own family.""I fell in love with William. There's a difference. And he was never your family. He was Robert's son. The product of the marriage you destroyed by murdering Cathe

  • The Twist of Fate    Chapter 60: The Hunt

    Life settled into a rhythm over the next few weeks. Catherine grew stronger, her features becoming more defined, her personality starting to emerge. She was a serious baby, watching everything with intense focus, rarely crying unless genuinely uncomfortable.Lucy found herself healing, both physically from the C-section and emotionally from everything they'd endured. The nightmares came less frequently. The hypervigilance began to ease, though she still checked the locks twice before bed and kept her phone charged at all times.William returned to work full-time, though he came home for lunch when possible and never stayed late. Ashcroft Enterprises was thriving under his leadership, the scandal of his father's crimes fading as William proved himself honorable and competent.Jackson's recovery continued steadily. He'd lost weight, changed his diet, attended cardiac rehabilitation religiously. The doctors were cautiously optimistic about his long-term prognosis.Everything seemed to be

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