Serena’s POVMy heart stopped.That voice...Slowly, I looked down, and my breath caught in my throat.There he was.Theodore.His small hand was clutching my dress tightly, eyes wide and wet, his lips trembling as he looked up at me. For a second, I couldn’t move, couldn’t breathe. The noise in the lobby faded until all I could hear was the frantic pounding of my own heart.“...Theo?” My voice came out barely a whisper, fragile and disbelieving.He nodded quickly, his chest rising and falling fast, as if afraid I’d disappear again. “Mum,” he sobbed, the word cracking in half, “You’re alive. You’re really here.”My knees buckled. The files in my arms slipped to the floor as I dropped, gathering them into my arms before my mind could even catch up. His tiny body trembled against me, warm and real and alive.“Theo, baby, it’s you.... I choked out, my fingers brushing through his soft hair. “Oh my God, you’re here.”He clung to my neck, sobbing into my shoulder. “They told me you were go
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