Chapter 14 - THE WOMAN WHO SAVED MEChloe entered witness protection.
She moved to Oregon.
She opened a small bookstore.
Months later, a Christmas card arrived.
Inside was a photograph.
Chloe.
A husband.
A newborn baby.
On the back she had written:
I finally learned what love is supposed to feel like. Thank you for giving me the chance to start over.
I stared at the photograph for a long time.
She had made terrible choices.
So had I.
The difference was that she eventually chose to stop running in the wrong direction.
I wrote back.
Survivors don't owe each other perfection. Only honesty.
Then I placed the card beside Lila's crib.
May you like
Some people enter your life to destroy it.
Others enter it to remind you that redemption is possible.
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Chapter 17 - THE EMPIRE I CHANGEDA year after Julian's conviction, I took over Hale Industries.
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Chapter 19 - STRONG ENOUGHLila rested her head against my chest.
Chapter 20 - THE DOOR THAT REMAINED OPENYears later, I still kept one photograph from the night everything changed.
