The living room had descended into chaos once more.“How could you do this without telling us?”“Do you even understand what this means for the family?”“This is reckless... completely reckless!”“Lucian, say something!”Elara stood there, rooted in place, her ears ringing as the noise pressed in from every direction. It felt suffocating, like being trapped underwater while the surface drifted further and further away. She could barely tell who was speaking anymore. All she knew was that every word, every look, reminded her how out of place she was.Tap! Tap!! Tap!!!The sharp, unmistakable sound of a cane striking marble cut through the chaos.The room fell into silence again. “Enough, everyone! Where are your manners?!”It was the kind of command forged by decades of being obeyed without question.Grandma Hale straightened where she sat, her back impossibly straight for someone of her age, her cane resting firmly against the floor as if it were an extension of her will. Her pier
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