“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 away from

hand and was

made

Damien was genuinely willing to sever ties with

a glimmer of hope

Damien after leaving the

you want

“Okay,”

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meet at her favorite

with lan the last time she was

a cup of coffee that broke her

an eerie sense of

had finished her coffee, Damien

seen him for a

weight and looked

ww

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

her with obsidian eyes and croaked out her

affection.

time Cherise heard him call her

“Hmm.”

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