Elena’s Pov“Elena,” I heard a voice call my name through the rain, and I looked up, surprised. “Get in the car now. You’re soaked.”I stood slowly, water dripping from my hair.“Gabriel, what are you doing here?” I asked, voice trembling from the cold.“Clara cried all morning for you,” he said as he took my suitcase. “She wouldn’t eat or sleep, and I promised her you would come back because I can’t lie to her anymore.”“I sat here for three hours,” I said, tears mixing with rain on my face. “The bus came twice, but I couldn’t get on because Clara’s face kept flashing every time I tried.”He stepped under the shelter and pulled me into his arms as I trembled hard.“Come home. We’ll tell the truth to whoever needs to hear it and face the mess together because I love you, and Clara loves you. That matters more than rules.”I followed him back to his car, he sat in the passenger seat, water dripping from my hair onto the leather, while Gabriel drove slowly because the rain made the road
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