The rain was a slow, steady curtain against the penthouse windows, the kind that blurred the lights of the city into something dreamlike and unreal. Savannah stood by the glass, arms crossed, feeling the ache of the previous days pressing into her bones. Delaney sat opposite her, at the edge of a velvet armchair, wringing her hands in a way Savannah had never seen before—no rings tonight, no armor of makeup, no shield of indifference.“You think I sold her,” Delaney began, voice brittle. “You think I handed Mira over like she was—” She stopped, teeth biting into her lower lip until it blanched. “I fought, Savannah. God, I fought until I had nothing left to fight with.”Savannah’s gaze was a knife. “Then why does she call Weston father?”Delaney’s breath trembled. For a long moment she said nothing, staring instead at the carpet as if it could hold her excuses. Then, finally:“He had my brother. My dying brother. Weston promised treatment, an experimental therapy… and I—” Her voice bro
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