Liam’s POV I didn’t sleep that night, and I didn’t even try. Every time I closed my eyes, Daisy was there pale under hospital lights, still in a way the world was never meant to be still. And every time I forced my mind away from her, it dragged me back to the same place. The same words. The fetus couldn’t survive. Not like an explanation. Like a sentence that kept getting repeated until it carved itself into me. And beneath it all always beneath it was Veronica’s face. Calm. Composed. Almost detached, like she had merely rearranged something on a table rather than destroyed a life. That was what I couldn’t shake. Not the violence. Not even the betrayal. But the absence of remorse. By morning, something inside me had settled into a shape I didn’t recognize. Rage fades when it burns long enough. What replaces it is colder. Heavier. More deliberate. I left before Daisy fully woke. She was still asleep on the couch, wrapped in a blanket too large for her frame, her
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