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Chapter 27 - LILY'S FIFTEENTH BIRTHDAY
Lily's fifteenth birthday was celebrated in the garden.
No press.
No society guests.
Only family and close friends.
Grace gave Lily a small wooden box.
Inside was a photograph.
It showed Lily at nine years old, standing beside the puppy she had named Grace.
Lily stared at it.
“You kept this?”
“Of course.”
Lily smiled.
“I look so small.”
“You were.”
“Not anymore.”
“No.”
Lily hugged her.
“Thank you for staying.”
Grace's eyes filled.
“I told you I would.”
Lily whispered:
“You didn't have to.”
Grace held her tighter.
“Yes.”
She looked at the young woman Lily had become.
“I did.”
Across the garden, Ethan watched them.
He understood then that family wasn't always defined by blood.
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Sometimes family was the person who stayed when leaving would have been easier.
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