My Grandpa Healed, My Cousin Knelt
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The voice struck like lightning, silencing the hall.
All eyes turned to the entrance, where an elderly man stood, leaning on a cane.
Rupert Pittman stood tall, flanked by a group of bodyguards. His sharp gaze swept the room, softening with anguish when it landed on me.
"Grandpa!" I cried out.
Five years had aged him, his hair now fully gray, but his commanding presence hadn't dimmed.
"Rupert?" Tessa gasped, the stick slipping from her hand and clattering to the floor.