“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…”

your life as

must stay

hand and was at a loss

both made great

that Damien was genuinely willing to sever ties with

perhaps there was still a

after leaving the

you want

“Okay,”

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agreed to meet at her favorite coffee

was with lan the last

her drink a cup of coffee that broke

felt an eerie sense

finished her coffee,

him

and looked

ww

wore the familiar black suit neatly while his face was adorned with

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

affection.

was the first time Cherise heard him call her with

“Hmm.”

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