Silence. No one in the house heard Sara calling out.Only Alexa's cries echoed louder within the empty room.Sara froze for a moment. Her heart beat twice as fast, not from the hassle of caring for an infant, but from a sudden realization that made her throat go dry.‘Why did I call for him?’ she thought in a panic, her hands trembling as she fastened the tabs of the new diaper around Alexa's tiny body.All this time, Damon's presence was a symbol of a prison, a threat, and terror for her. Yet, when he was truly gone for three full days, a strange, hollow void yawned open in her chest.An unfamiliar sensation pierced softly. It was a baseless sense of loss, one she had never permitted to take root in her heart.Sara quickly scooped Alexa into her arms, holding her daughter tightly as if searching for an anchor amidst the sudden wave of emotion.“Don't be foolish, Sara,” she whispered to herself with a trembling voice, trying to shake off the strange tightness constricting her chest. “
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