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to say that,” Lily said quietly. “Don’t worry, baby girl. I’ll be fine. Then one day she wasn’t fine. She died and left me alone.”
The raw honesty in those words cut deeper than any blade.
Carter felt something crack inside his chest—some carefully maintained wall crumbling.
“Lily,” he said softly, “I can’t promise nothing bad will ever happen. Life doesn’t continue reading …
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