The front door clicked shut with a finality that seemed to echo through Lena's bones. She stood there for a moment, watching through the window as Carmelita's car pulled away, taking Sarah and Mia with her. The engine's hum faded into the distance, leaving behind an awful silence that pressed against her eardrums.Her legs gave out.Lena collapsed onto the couch, her whole body trembling like a leaf in a storm. The cushions dipped under her weight, but she barely noticed. Her mind was spinning, racing through everything that had just happened, everything that could happen next."No, no, no," she whispered to herself, pressing the heels of her hands against her eyes. "This can't be happening. This cannot be happening."But it was. The video existed. After all these years, someone had the real footage of that night with Williams. The night that had haunted her dreams, the night she'd worked so hard to bury under lies and careful stories. And now Carmelita had it. Andrew's mother had it.
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