He opened his phone and saw it was a message from Sheila.

"Timothy... I feel so sad. You're hurt like this, and I can't even be with you to take care of you."

The middle of the night, when the world is quiet, is always the best time to talk about feelings.

Sheila wasn't about to let the moment slip away.

Her foster parents' attitude tonight had said it all-they didn't want her getting too close to Timothy.

But she was determined to fight for what she wanted.

Timothy stared at the message, letting it sit there for a long while before finally replying.

"I'm fine. Don't worry about me."

Just a handful of words, and to Sheila, they felt cold and mechanical.

A little too distant.

She couldn't accept it.

He never used to be like this.

Becoming the adopted daughter of the Howard family had once seemed like a stroke of luck.

But as she grew older, it began to feel more like a shackle.

Sheila was about to send another message when Timothy's reply came through.

Get some rest. I'm going to

ache

be able to be with them—nothing hurts quite

arrived that evening, she'd barely managed to exchange a few words of concern before her foster father ushered

idea what

all the way to Aetherion. She

that

joining

That must be it.

God.

dare think

kept going down that road, she would lose

Jessica any attention-what changed all of

needed to find out where

had shifted, Sheila knew her own

was running from

Sheila still had a real

Jessica was bent on divorce, Timothy's hands

As long

always be

eto see

him.

if she left,

biological parents were already urging her

needed to wait a little longer. Once Jessica divorced Timothy and she returned to her real family-once she shed

reached out

the Howards, he swung

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