“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

must stay

hand and was at a loss

parents had both made great sacrifices

had thought that Damien was genuinely

was still a glimmer of

called Damien after

you want to

“Okay,”

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Damien agreed to meet at

with lan the last time she was

drink a cup of coffee that broke her heart that

eerie sense of

finished her coffee, Damien

hadn’t seen him for

had lost weight and looked noticeably

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familiar black suit neatly while his face was adorned

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

affection.

Cherise heard him call her with

“Hmm.”

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