Chapter 173|| ANASTASIA’S POV ||“Please… please don’t take her away,” she cried, her voice breaking with every word. “Don’t take my daughter away from me.”Reinaldo stood close, his face tense with worry as he tried to separate us. He reached for Mrs. Julia carefully, afraid that one wrong move might push her further into panic.“Mrs. Julia,” he said softly, trying to sound calm, “you need to rest. Please, let go of Anastasia.”But she shook her head violently, her grip tightening instead of loosening. “No!” she screamed. “She stays. Anna stays with me.”Hearing Anna’s name like that made my chest ache. In her eyes, I wasn’t Anastasia anymore. I was her daughter. Or maybe I was just someone warm enough to hold onto so she wouldn’t fall apart.Reinaldo tried again, gently pulling at her hands. “Mrs. Julia, please. You’re not well.”“I don’t care!” she sobbed. “If I let go, she’ll disappear. Everyone leaves. Everyone.”Those words cut deeper than anything else. I felt something heavy
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