CLARA'S POV I stood frozen in shock, staring at her blank face. "Lily," I said gently, crouching down. "Remember last night? You came to my room, crying, not wanting to be alone. Do you remember?" Lily blinked at me, chewing slowly on her toast, her eyes drifting off toward the window like she was searching for the memory somewhere. "Please, remember." "Oh," she said finally. "Yeah, I felt lonely. There was nobody there, and Maria was asleep, and I didn't want to sleep by myself, so I went to Clara's room." "Why didn't you come to me?" Maria asked. Lily shrugged. "You always tell me to go back to sleep and shut the light. Clara tells me stories." "See?" I turned to Maria, relief flooding through me. "She just told you herself, in her own words. She came to me, I didn't take her from her room, I didn't do anything wrong here." Maria didn't budge. "That changes nothing," she said flatly. "You have no rights over this child, Clara. Whether she came to you or not, you should have b
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