“This too shall pass.”

Lucy gently patted her back and sighed deeply, “Everything always does.”

“Cherry, it’s up to you whether the grudges from previous generations should affect your feelings. for Damien, Lucy said.

In the days that followed, Damien respectfully kept his distance from Cherise.

She underwent surgery, faced nightmares alone, and visited Charisa – all alone.

“Cherry,” Charisa said, leaning against her bed’s headboard and smiling. “Don’t let my issues affect your life.”

“Mom…”

Cherise’s mind wandered as she gazed out the window. “I have been absent from your life for nineteen years.”

“In your future, too, I’ll remain absent.”

“Your dad is no different – he’s not one to take care of others.”

“Acknowledging him requires dividing your attention, and it’s not glamorous.”

“So, Cherry,” Charisa lowered her gaze, looked intently at Cherise, and said gravely, “I suggest you…”

of your life

remember, Damien must stay away from

hand and

made great

that Damien was genuinely willing

was still a glimmer of

Damien after leaving the hospital

want

“Okay,”

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meet at her

the last time she was

made her drink a cup of coffee that

eerie sense of familiarity upon

had finished her

seen him

weight and looked

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suit neatly while his face was adorned with light

at her with obsidian eyes and croaked out her name, “Cherry,”

affection.

the first time Cherise heard him call her with such a

“Hmm.”

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