Briony pounded both fists against the heavy iron gates, her cries echoing into the empty night.

No matter how loud she screamed, nobody came to unlock the door for her.

This was the truth.

This was the reality behind Stewart and Lorna taking her son away...

Darkness pressed down from above, thick and suffocating.

The wind was rising-an omen of the storm to come.

Still, Briony refused to leave. She remained outside the gates, stubborn and unmoving.

Upstairs in the study, Lorna knocked softly before entering.

Stewart sat at his desk, eyes fixed on the security footage on his screen. He could see Briony still outside, bracing herself against the coming storm, showing no sign of backing down.

"Maybe we should let Carol talk to her?" Lorna suggested.

"No." Stewart's voice was rough, tired. "She needs to see things as they are. That's the only way she'll let go."

Lorna sighed. "But her nerves are already stretched to the breaking point... Do we really have to do this?"

Stewart closed his eyes. "We don't have time to do it any other way, do we?"

Lorna pressed her lips together.

right. Time

Stewart, there really wasn't

howled, rain beating against the tall

the downpour

was soaked through, hair and clothes plastered to her skin, but still she refused

who came out

please, can't you help me?"

own heart twisting. Still, she forced herself to keep her

Wentworth now. There's nothing I can do. Please... you

see the way

it's hard for you to accept how Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth do things, but when Mario grows up, when

her head, her voice trembling. "That's not it. Stewart doesn't care about Mario's feelings

anything for their child to be the Wentworth heir." Carol shoved the umbrella into Briony's

Carol shut the door and

umbrella, her whole body

Even Carol had changed...

Why?

how to get her son out of the twisted grip of the Wentworth

outside, soaked and

it was Carol

was trembling uncontrollably, lips tinged blue

relief flooded her face as if she'd

aside

his arm. "James,"

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