Valencia looked at Auri with fragile hope. The faint smile on her former daughter-in-law’s face offered no warmth, but it did not shut the door either. She chose to take that as an opportunity, however small. After living so long inside the wrong certainty, she now clung to the silence of someone she had once wounded.“I know this sounds selfish,” she said slowly. “Coming here, asking to talk, and bringing up Ethan’s name. But I truly regret it, Auri.”Auri did not answer. She simply sat there, calm, one hand resting over her stomach. Her face was unreadable. In the corner of the room, Gia busied herself adjusting ribbons on a bouquet with deliberately noisy movements, making it clear she was still listening to every word.Valencia continued, her trembling voice turning softer, heavier. “Every time I think about the way I treated you, it feels like I’m remembering another woman. I don’t recognize myself. You came into our home as Ethan’s wife, as family, but I t
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