CHAPTER 143 — The One Who StayedMelissa woke before dawn.It wasn’t fear that pulled her from sleep it was silence.The kind that pressed too close, too heavy, as if the world was holding its breath. For a moment, she lay still, listening. The vacation house was quiet except for the soft hum of distant wind brushing against glass. No footsteps. No voices. No alarms.She turned her head.Tyrone sat in the armchair by the window, jacket off, sleeves rolled up, phone resting loosely in his hand. He hadn’t slept. His gaze was fixed outside, sharp and alert, like a man guarding something precious without daring to say the word.“You should have woken me,” she said softly.He looked at her immediately. “You needed rest.”“I’m not fragile.”“I know,” he replied. “That’s why I stayed awake.”She pushed herself upright, the blanket slipping down her shoulders. For a second, neither of them spoke. The air between them felt charged unfinished sentences, unasked questions.“You didn’t have to st
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