Chapter 17 - The Moment That Healed EverythingWhen Victoria came home, the entire estate changed.
Staff members gathered quietly near the entrance.
Flowers filled the foyer.
The mansion's enormous rooms echoed with laughter.
Elena carried her daughter beneath the same staircase where Julian had once carried her after the balcony attack.
She stopped.
Julian understood immediately.
"You okay?"
Elena looked down at Victoria.
Then she smiled.
"Better than okay."
She kissed her daughter's forehead.
"The woman who fell from that balcony thought she was going to lose everything."
Julian looked at them.
"Instead, she gained a whole new life."
Elena leaned against him.
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The past had not disappeared.
But it no longer controlled them.
