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Chapter 62

Author: Blesyn
last update publish date: 2026-06-29 14:43:56

Sarah's POV

The house had finally become quiet.

After everything that had happened earlier that day, I should have felt relieved. Anna was gone. The shouting had stopped. The front door had closed behind her, taking the chaos with it.

Yet the silence she left behind felt louder than the argument itself.

I sat alone in the living room, absentmindedly tracing circles on the rim of the teacup Eleanor had insisted I drink from. The tea had long gone cold, but I hadn't noticed. My mind was somewhere
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