Alle Kapitel von Regret Is Just The Beginning: Kapitel 121 – Kapitel 130

Henry didn't come at her the way he used to. This time, he slowed down, and that alone made him more difficult to ignore. It started with simple messages, the kind that carried no visible weight yet refused to be dismissed completely. Every one of them was about Selena, nothing else, and that made it harder for Diana to push them aside without thinking twice. “She asked about you today.” “She keeps drawing you in her pictures.” “She has something this weekend. It would make her happy if you came.” Diana read them all, even when she pretended not to. She would glance at her phone, pause for a second, then place it down like it meant nothing, but the words stayed in her mind long after the screen went dark. It wasn’t Henry she was thinking about. It was Selena. It was always Selena. By the time the weekend arrived, the decision had already settled inside her, though she never said it out loud. That morning, she stood in front of the mirror longer than usual, not beca

Diana hesitated longer than she expected to before finally giving her answer, and even after she said yes, the feeling didn't settle easily inside her. Allowing Selena into this new space meant more than just a simple visit, it meant opening a door she had carefully kept closed, and as she stood in the living room that morning waiting, she could feel that quiet tension sitting somewhere in her chest. The house was calm, almost too calm, the kind that made every small sound louder than it should be. Emma had been unusually restless, moving from one corner of the house to another, picking up things and dropping them again without any real purpose, and Diana noticed it even though she pretended not to. Merlin stood near the window, watching the gate, his posture relaxed but his attention sharp in a way that told Diana he understood exactly what today meant without needing it to be said out loud. When the car finally pulled in, Diana’s breath caught slightly before she could

Diana and Merlin didn’t suddenly wake up one day and decide everything was perfect. It didn’t work like that. What they had built together came from small, deliberate choices. After everything that had happened, after the tension, the doubts, the interference that seemed determined to follow them around, they reached a quiet understanding without needing to sit down and spell it out. They would focus on what they had, not what was trying to break it.That decision showed itself in the simplest ways. It was in how they spoke to each other, how they moved around the house, how they handled silence without letting it become something heavy. Diana noticed it first one morning when she woke up earlier than usual. The house was quiet, still wrapped in that soft calm before the day fully began. She stepped out of the bedroom, expecting to find everything the same as always, but the faint sound of movement from the kitchen caught her attention.She walked in slowly and found Merlin ther

By the time Diana reached the end of that week, she was no longer guessing. The pattern had revealed itself too clearly to ignore, and the quiet frustration she had been managing turned into something more grounded, something sharper. She didn’t feel overwhelmed anymore. Instead, she felt focused. Whoever was behind it had expected confusion, distraction, maybe even panic. What they hadn’t expected was for her to step back, observe, and decide she was done reacting blindly.That was how she found herself standing in front of Henry again, not by accident this time, not because he appeared uninvited, but because she chose it. She sent the message herself, short and direct, leaving no room for misinterpretation. He agreed to meet just as quickly, as if he had been waiting for that moment all along.When she arrived, he was already there, seated, calm as always, his presence carrying that same controlled composure she had come to recognize too well. For a brief second, Diana studie

The call didn’t take long, but it was enough to change everything.Diana didn’t wait to think things through. The moment she ended it, she grabbed her bag and turned toward the door without hesitation.“I have to go,” she said quickly.Merlin was already moving before she finished speaking. “I’ll come with you.”She shook her head almost immediately. “No… let me go first.”He paused, studying her face, then nodded. “Call me when you get there.”“I will.”She didn’t say anything else before stepping out.The drive felt longer than it should have. Every second stretched, her mind racing through possibilities she didn’t want to consider. By the time she arrived, her heart was already pounding in a way she couldn’t control.She rushed through the entrance, her eyes searching until she found what she was looking for.Selena.The little girl lay on the bed, smaller than usual, her usual bright energy replaced with a quiet stillness that unsettled Diana immediately.“Mommy…” Selena called w