Keegan settled into silence, gently reaching out to touch his face, her palm moist with tears.

That evening, after the successful conclusion of the press conference, they huddled together, crying for a long while.

Aurora Kane crouched outside the master bedroom, ultimately lacking the courage to knock on the door.

Her phone buzzed incessantly, Dahlia's messages flooding in one after the other, "Aurora, have you spoken to your brother?" "I was deceived by your uncle.

Family ties run deep.

Of course, I can tell the difference.

I can't bear to see your grandfather's legacy being tarnished like this.

"I never intended to cut ties with Keegan.

He's my son.

How could 1 abandon him? Stella tricked me into writing that severance letter.

no legal weight

stunt like this! "Aurora, ignore the

is my flesh and

for him? It's just that he's been under your grandmother's influence for too

of me, so I always feel

Sometimes, distance is inevitable.

my

I love him more." Aurora pursed her lips, rising from the

stairs, she dialed Dahlia's

have been waiting by the phone, promptly answering when

your brother everything as I instructed?" Suddenly, Aurora asked, "Mom, do you know what day next Wednesday is?" Dahlia hesitated, "Why this sudden question? My memory isn't what it

"Next Wednesday is Keegan's birthday,

close friends’ preferences, but do you remember Keegan's?" Dahlia was speechless for a moment, then erupted, "Are you blaming me too? Haven't I been good to Keegan? Haven't I been good to you? What gives you the right to say such things to me!" A pang struck Aurora's

have no right, because

right

you, then the harm you've

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