Chapter 16 - A New MorningThree months later, the mansion was transformed.
The bathroom had been renovated.
The old flat iron was gone.
The dark memories were slowly being replaced by new ones.
Lily sat at the kitchen counter drawing pictures.
Sarah prepared breakfast.
Mark walked in carrying coffee.
“Good morning.”
Lily smiled.
“Daddy!”
She ran into his arms.
Mark lifted her.
“How's my brave girl?”
“I'm not brave.”
He smiled.
“You are.”
She pointed toward her drawing.
“This is us.”
Mark looked down.
Three people stood beneath a giant yellow sun.
Mark.
Lily.
Sarah.
He smiled.
“I love it.”
Lily added one more figure.
A woman standing in the clouds.
“That's Mommy.”
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Mark swallowed hard.
“She'll always be part of us.”
