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.

Time

Stewart, there really

against the tall windows in sharp

instant, the downpour was upon

and clothes plastered to her skin, but still she refused

was Carol who came out

can't you

twisting. Still, she forced herself to keep her tone cold and

for Mr. Wentworth now. There's nothing I can

you see the way they're

Kensington. Everyone has their own way of raising children. I know it's hard for you to accept how Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth do things, but when Mario grows up, when you see how

not it. Stewart doesn't care

who'd give anything for their child to be the Wentworth heir." Carol shoved the

Carol shut the door and hurried back inside

the umbrella, her whole

Even Carol had changed...

Why?

no idea how to get her son out of the twisted grip of the

on. Briony stayed outside, soaked

Carol

arrived, Briony was trembling

flooded her face as if she'd spotted

tossed aside the

arm. "James,"

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