The next three days passed in a blur of healing, laughter, interrupted sleep, and endless cuddles. My body still protested every movement. Sitting up required effort. Standing was worse. Walking felt as though someone had stitched together muscles that had never belonged together in the first place. Marianne repeatedly reminded me that recovering from surgery demanded patience, something I possessed in embarrassingly small quantities. Every morning she inspected the incision, checked on our son, and gave me permission to walk a little farther than the day before. Every afternoon she caught me trying to do more than I was supposed to. Every evening she scolded both Cassius and me for exhausting ourselves. Somehow, despite all of us being adults, she managed to command the room with frightening efficiency. I eventually stopped arguing. Cassius, on the other hand, nodded solemnly every single time Marianne spoke, only to become even more overprotective once she left.He had quietly becom
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