Sophia's POVImmediately Vanessa touched his arm, an intimate and possessive gesture. "Mickey, leave her. She's upset. She's not thinking clearly. She's hurt, it's natural for her to act this way, that slap just expresses her true nature."Her voice was sweet, controlled, as if calming a tantrum-throwing child. But Michael reacted in a way I didn't expect."Stop talking, Vanessa!" he shouted, the rough sound cutting through the garden air. "You're the one who caused all of this! Can you just be quiet?"The silence that followed was electric. Vanessa recoiled as if physically struck, her eyes wide with shock and... something else. Something like betrayal.That's when something inside me snapped. Not in anger, but in a deep exhaustion, for I was tired of explanations, tired of psychological games, tired of fighting for a piece of peace that was always interrupted by ghosts from the past, hers, his, mine.I looked at Emma, still holding Lizzie, who was watching everything with wide, ser
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