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Chapter 43: Born from the Ashes
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2026-09-22 18:37:42
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The taxi dropped Clara off at County General first.She had a shift to return to, and before getting out, she leaned across the seat and squeezed Marcus's hand."Go straight home," she said. "Rest. You look exhausted."Marcus gave her a small nod. "I will."Clara studied his face for another moment, as if she wasn't completely convinced, but she eventually closed the door and walked toward the hospital entrance.Marcus waited until she disappeared through the glass doors before leaning forward."Change of plans," he told the driver. "Take me to the Blackwood estate."The driver glanced at him through the rearview mirror. "That's a rich neighborhood.""I know."The driver shrugged and pulled away from the curb.Marcus had never been to the Blackwood estate. He had only seen it in photographs and on television, with its enormous gates, carefully kept gardens, marble floors, and rooms that looked as though they belonged to another world. It was the kind of place Marcus had always known he co
Twins He Chose Twice Chapter 49: The Parents Who Never Were
Marcus didn't own a car.He had never needed one. The diner was a fifteen-minute walk from his apartment. The hospital was a bus ride away. Everything else in his life was within reach of his own two feet.But the Vance house was on the other side of the city.He found the address three days after he got home from the hospital. It was buried in one of the papers Luna had left behind. An old bank statement. A piece of mail she had never opened. The Vance name printed in neat black letters above a return address.He stared at it for a long time.Then he folded it and put it in his pocket.He waited until his day off.---Clara came by that morning. She brought coffee and bagels. She sat at his small kitchen table and watched him move around the apartment."You're nervous," she said.Marcus didn't answer."You keep checking your pocket."He stopped. His hand was on the folded paper again."I found something," he said as he pulled it out and handed it to her.Clara read it but her expression d
Twins He Chose Twice Chapter 48: You Can't Beat People Up
Mr. Grant pulled Marcus into the back room and shut the door.Marcus was still shaking. His hands wouldn't stop trembling. His chest ached where the scars were. He sat down on the old wooden chair near the lockers and pressed his fists against his knees.Mr. Grant stood in front of him. He didn't yell. He didn't pace. He just crossed his arms and waited.After a long moment, he spoke."What happened out there?"Marcus didn't look up."He called her a freak," Marcus said. His voice was hoarse. "He said good riddance. He said she was crazy. He said she deserved to die."Mr. Grant went quiet.Marcus kept going. The words spilled out of him like water through a broken dam."He said she was unstable. He said everyone knew it. He said I was lucky to be alive. He laughed, Mr. Grant. He laughed while he said it."His voice cracked."She saved his life. She saved Ethan Blackwood's life when she was twelve years old. She tore her own dress to stop his bleeding. She waited fourteen years for him to
Twins He Chose Twice Chapter 47: The Return
Six weeks after Marcus was discharged from the hospital, he walked back into the diner.He pushed through the back door just before seven in the morning. His legs were steady now. His chest still ached when he moved too fast, but he could breathe without the machine. He could stand without help. He could work.He had to work.Mr. Grant was standing by the office with a mug of coffee in his hand. He turned when he heard the door.He froze.The mug almost slipped from his fingers."Marcus?"Marcus nodded."Morning, sir."Mr. Grant set the mug down on the counter. He crossed the room in three long strides. Then he wrapped his arms around Marcus and pulled him into a tight hug.Marcus stiffened. He wasn't used to this. Mr. Grant had never hugged him before.But he didn't pull away."Thank God," Mr. Grant whispered. "Thank God you're okay."Marcus closed his eyes for a second. Then he patted Mr. Grant on the back."I'm okay," he said.Mr. Grant stepped back. He looked Marcus up and down. His
Twins He Chose Twice Chapter 46: The House That Still Smells Like Her
The hospital discharged Marcus on a Tuesday afternoon.Clara pushed his wheelchair through the automatic doors of County General. He hated the wheelchair. He hated the way his legs still felt weak. He hated the way his chest ached every time he moved his arms. But he didn't complain. He just stared straight ahead, his jaw set, his hands gripping the armrests.Clara had offered to drive him home. She had offered because there was no one else.His apartment was on the fourth floor of a walk-up building on 4th Street. The elevator had been broken for three years. By the time they reached his door, Marcus was breathing hard and leaning on Clara's shoulder.She didn't say anything. She just unlocked the door with the key he gave her and pushed it open.Marcus stepped inside.He stopped.The apartment was exactly how he had left it.Luna's belongings were still there.The black trash bags she had dragged through the rain. The few clothes she had managed to keep. The small wooden box she had
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The door to Isolation Unit B-2 opened with a soft hiss.Ethan Blackwood stepped inside alone. No guards. No assistants. Just him in a dark suit with no tie, his hands tucked into his pockets, his face unreadable.Marcus was awake.He lay flat on the hospital bed, his chest wrapped in thick bandages, IV lines running into his arm, a nasal cannula under his nose. His face was pale and hollow. His eyes were dark and sunken.He stared at Ethan.Ethan stared back.Neither of them spoke for a long moment. The only sound was the steady beep of the heart monitor.Then Ethan walked to the foot of the bed. He stood there, calm and composed, looking down at the man who had nearly died protecting the girl he had spent fourteen years searching for."Marcus," Ethan said.Marcus didn't answer.He just kept staring.Ethan pulled a chair close to the bed and sat down. He rested his forearms on his knees and looked at Marcus directly."I need to know everything about her," Ethan said quietly. "Everything
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