Chapter 16 - One Year Later One year after the night I first found Hannah in Leo's nursery, everything was different.
The iron gates stood open.
The mansion was filled with sunlight.
Leo was fourteen months old.
He ran across the lawn chasing a golden retriever puppy.
“Leo!”
Hannah laughed.
“Slow down!”
I watched them from the terrace.
Hannah was seven months pregnant.
Our daughter was growing inside her.
I walked behind Hannah and wrapped my arms around her.
She leaned back against me.
“Do you ever think about that night?”
“Every day.”
“The gun?”
“The gun.”
She laughed softly.
“I thought you were going to kill me.”
“I almost did.”
“And instead?”
“Instead, you saved my son.”
She turned around.
“And you saved me.”
I kissed her.
Behind us, Leo fell into the grass.
The puppy licked his face.
His laughter echoed across the estate.
I had once believed happiness was weakness.
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Now I understood.
Happiness was something you fought for.
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