Chapter 29 - The House Filled With People Again
Clara hosted another summer gathering.
This time, there was no hidden plan.
No cameras.
No private investigators.
No police waiting outside the gate.
No ring used as a weapon.
Just friends.
Employees.
Neighbors.
People who had entered her life after Ethan left it.
The pool lights reflected across the water.
Someone laughed near the garden.
Music played softly.
Clara stood at the edge of the patio.
Marcus handed her a glass of champagne.
“You're thinking.”
“I always think.”
“About?”
She looked around.
“This house used to feel like a trap.”
“And now?”
She smiled.
“Now it feels like a house.”
Marcus raised his glass.
“To ordinary happiness.”
Clara laughed.
“That sounds boring.”
“Boring is underrated.”
She looked at the pool.
The place where everything had ended.
Now it was simply part of the house.
Nothing more.
May you like
Nothing less.
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