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Walter sneered, "Alice, you just got lucky latching onto my brother. Sure, he beat me up, but do you actually believe he'd kill me for you?" I came from a somewhat well-to-do family with modest assets, but my parents died when my younger siblings, Damian and Melinda, and I were very young. The three of us were raised by my paternal aunt, Karen Carter, but she and her entire family treated us poorly. We were constantly verbally and physically abused. They had even seized the assets our parents left us. In fact, Aunt Karen's husband, Frank, would constantly try to take liberties with me. It was only out of consideration for Aunt Karen that he never went too far.

By letting go, she gave them a chance at happiness and found her own peace. A bolt of lightning tore across the sky, followed by a crash of thunder outside the window. At that very moment, Charlie was likely holding Alyssa in his arms, murmuring soft reassurances. Yuliana took out her phone and sent him a message. "The document you asked about is tucked under the back seat cushion of your car. If you want to know what it is, just open it." She braved the rain to get home, but she still hadn't heard back. It wasn't until dusk settled in that Charlie finally replied.

Two days before New Year's Eve, I was finally discharged from the hospital. The moment I got home, a wave of familiar, comforting warmth washed over me. The house had been thoroughly cleaned. The carpet Linda had ruined was gone, replaced with a new one. Every surface had been wiped spotless, and the air carried the faint citrus scent of my favorite diffuser. Busy at work in the kitchen was a very familiar figure. "Clary, you're home!" Patricia came hurrying out with her apron still on and a spatula in hand, her eyes red-rimmed.

Even if she divorced Elijah, she would provide child support. Once done with that, she found that she had nowhere to go. After she'd made her decision, Lawrence had taken her identification paperwork and documents so that they could be destroyed. This meant she couldn't even check into a hotel. Julia had no choice but to head back home, even if no one there wanted her. Along the way, she passed by a pet store with a basket of little kittens in the window who were mewling softly. Remembering how Coby had once said his birthday wish was to have a pet, she stopped and picked out a kitten.

My homecoming this time did not look like it would go quietly; rather, it would be the start of a brand new chapter filled with drama and comedy in our home. ****

Dawn also didn’t want to risk her getting tripped. Still, Estela made some pastries to share with her daughter’s class. The next day, the Alumni gathered for their homecoming. Keenan was there since his parents were graduates of the school. Dawn was brought by Tara, Selene, Linus and their spouses. It was the first time for her to witness how the alumni celebrated this day. She also saw some of her classmates there as well, including her friends. Most of the students in Trinity Institute were children of the alumni.

Any resemblance to real persons, places, or events is coincidental. Cover Art by Shannon Nemechek Marie Lavender © 2013, second edition published 2020, third edition published 2022. GoodNovel edition published 2025. Upon Your Return Book One of the Heiresses in Love Series Marie Lavender Dedication To the one I love – without you, this book might still be a work in progress. I will always be thankful for the chain of events that brought us together. Fate often guides two soul mates in the right direction to find each other.

“For your homecoming.” The rest of the day flew by in a confused daze, with letters being written, books being read, appointments being made. So much had been done in just a few hours that by the time I was safely ensconced in my car heading back home I could barely remember everything that had been done or said.

Dark Lands: Homecoming Authors Note: This story is a side note to The Charmer, meant for those of you who wanted to know Wiley’s story. It’s not meant to stand alone, so if you don’t already know how her story ends, you’ll have to read TC. She hated parties. Parties were full of happy, smiling people. Wiley James had never fit into that crowd, so she ditched her boss’s birthday bash and ran off to the hills. Literally. Sometimes a girl had to go AWOL.

I put the shirt down and look at the item I had wrapped in the shirt. It was a glass rose; it didn’t have any color it was completely clear but down the steam in gold letters down the stem of the rose said, ‘I’ll always come home Rose’. My father got it for me on my seventh birthday. At the time I was having reoccurring nightmares that he was going on a deployment and then never comes home, my dad stayed with me every night after I would wake up screaming and tell me he would always come home. Ever since he gave me this he has always and only called me Rose, everyone else calls me Ro, but he won’t.