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The Dawn Foundation

Penulis: Mayemura Special
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-11-01 23:14:26

Alexander’s POV

Chicago woke beneath a gray sky, the kind that promised rain but never kept its word. I watched Isla through the glass wall of my office. Her laughter, her focus, the way she moved through the morning like she finally belonged to herself.

The past weeks had changed her. The nightmares still came sometimes, but she no longer woke in fear. She woke with purpose. After seeing the work she had built, the women she had taken in, the quiet hope returning to that crumbling apartment, I made my decision.

The city did not know it yet, but it was about to witness something rare. Something that did not come from politics, or wealth, or power plays. It came from her, from Isla Hart, the woman who had once been broken, now building something unbreakable.

The Dawn Foundation would be the first of its kind in Chicago. A network of safe houses, legal support teams, and trauma recovery programs for women and girls caught in cycles of abuse. She had already planted the seed. All I
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