[Elena]"Are you sure you're okay now?" Mom asked just as I came down the stairs. Her brows were creased, her eyes darting over every inch of me like she was expecting to find something broken.I hadn’t left the house since the incident, but I couldn’t keep living like this—locked in, fragile, afraid. I was still shaken, yes, but I had a life. If I didn’t try to suppress the fear and move forward, it would swallow me whole."I'm fine, Mom. I have to go to work," I murmured, and she looked at me like I’d said something absurd before finally nodding.Yesterday was her and my late father's anniversary—the one we’d been planning for weeks—but she had to scale it down, worried sick about me. Even when I insisted I was fine and begged her to celebrate as planned, she refused. The whole thing was smaller, quieter because of me."The guard and the driver will take you anywhere you want to go for now, alright?""Sure, Mom, that’s fine. I need to leave now. A lot is waiting for me—Aurora’s alre
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