Time did what it always did. It moved on, quietly, and faster without asking anyone for permission. The months that followed the new year passed gently, like pages turning on their own. There were no explosions, no courtroom theatrics that Thalia needed to witness firsthand. Justice unfolded in its own cold, methodical way—documents signed, verdicts reached, sentences were passed. Eliana Smith was given a life sentence. When the news came, Thalia didn’t cry. She didn’t smile either. She simply nodded, as if the universe had finally finished correcting a mistake it had ignored for too long. Closure didn’t arrive loudly, it arrived quietly, like a door finally closing somewhere deep in her chest. And with that door closed, the peaceful door opened. The mansion felt different these days. It no longer echoed with tension or held its breath waiting for the next tragedy. Sunlight streamed freely through the windows in the mornings, warming the floors, the walls, the memories that
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