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Chapter 45

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Chapter 45

The Rodrigo estate had always been grand—crafted with cold stone, heavy wooden doors, and stained glass windows that filtered light like confessionals. But today, as Avery stepped out of her car and walked toward the front entrance, the house felt quieter.

Less like an empire.

More like a farewell.

The nurses had wheeled Richard Rodrigo through those same double doors just hours earlier. Against the advice of every doctor, every specialist, every desperate voice pleading for a few more days of monitored care, he had signed his own discharge.

He wanted to die at home.

Not in a bed surrounded by machines.

Avery stepped into the foyer with careful footsteps. There was no music. No bustle of staff. Just the soft echo of her heels against marble and the weight of time pressing in from every corner.

Justin was already waiting near the staircase. He gave her a quiet nod.

“He’s in the garden,” he said. “With Shane.”

She handed him her coat and walked without speaking.

Outside, the
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