Chapter 691

Nick's POV Bella's backpack felt too light for what I was doing. I zipped it up slowly, feeling the resistance of the fabric like it was the only real thing in a morning that had turned into a legal maze. Inside, I packed things she'd recognize without thinking. The pencil case with the cracked lid. Her sketchbook. Two changes of clothes. Pajamas. Her favorite hoodie. The pair of socks with little stars she insisted were "lucky." None of it was her life. Just a small enough slice so it wouldn't feel like goodbye. I heard footsteps in the living room and Martina's low voice, soft, careful, like she was building a nest around her. "Are you taking your necklace?" Martina asked. "The friendship one?" Bella replied, bright. "Yes!" I paused for half a second, my hand still on the backpack strap. That necklace had become proof of affection and, at the same time, potential ammunition. I hated how everything blurred together like that. Bella appeared at the end of the hallway

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Chapter 692

Gwen's POV Two months have a cruel way of looking short on a calendar and endless in your body. The new routine settled like fine dust. You don't see it at first, but you feel it in your throat. I memorized visitation hours like medication instructions. I learned not to ask questions that sounded like interrogations. I learned to smile at Bella without asking for anything back. And most of all, I learned the sound of Nick's car in the garage. That afternoon, I heard the elevator and closed my laptop before finishing the email. Automatic. My body already knew. Nick walked in without announcing himself. Not because he was trying to be dramatic. He just saved words when words were expensive. He dropped his keys on the console, took off his coat slowly, and stood there for a second like the house had shifted in the last three days. "She asked again," he said. I didn't ask what, because I knew. I just stepped close enough for him to see me without feeling cornered. "'Can I

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