NovelUSAChapter 527 The matriarch's eyes narrowed in sudden concern.
"Amara, do you know this man?" Amara shook her head. "No, I don't. I've never seen him before. That's why I thought he was a kidnapper. I told the school security guards, and they took him to the police station." Only then did the old lady finally relax, letting out a breath she didn't realize she'd been holding.
"That's good, that's very good. Amara, you did exactly the right thing. If the family car isn't there to pick you up, you must never go off with a stranger." "Don't worry, Nana, I know. Mom and Dad have toldthat a hundred times." Even though Amara was safe, Aberdeen still felt a chill running down her spine.
Who would dare try to abduct a Foster child in broad daylight? Just what kind of person had the nerve to pull this stunt? This couldn't be left alone.
Without hesitation, Aberdeen dialed Sean's number and relayed everything that had happened at school.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSean's expression darkened instantly.
His wife and daughter were his only weakness-the one thing anyone would be insane to threaten. Someone had tried to take his daughter? Unforgivable.
He dropped everything and drove straight to the police station.
When Sean arrived, he found Ethan in the middle of an argument with the officers.
"I keep telling you, I'm not a kidnapper! I'm Amara's real uncle," Ethan was trying desperately to explain.
That was the moment Sean walked in.
Their eyes met across the room.
"So, it's you," Sean's voice was icy. "Ten years behind bars wasn't enough for you? Now you're eyeing my daughter?" Ethan winced, then said quietly, "Sean, you know that's not what this is about." Sean raised an eyebrow, tone cold. "All I know is, you almost took my wife's life once just to save your own sister." Ethan flinched as if the words were knives in his chest.
He hated himself for what he'd done-just as his mother had hated herself until her dying breath.
He'd been given a second chance by fate, but why hadn't it csooner? If only he'd cback earlier, maybe he wouldn't have hurt Claire again in this life.
Two lifetimes, and every the awoke to reality, the ending was the same- crushing guilt and unbearable remorse.
Almost pleading, Ethan said, "Sean, I cto Northcrest City for one reason only: I wanted to see Claire and Amara. I'm their brother, their uncle-I mean them no harm." Sean's face stayed unreadable. "You need to understand, Claire doesn't want to see you. All you'll do is ruin her peace of mind." "And my daughter? She doesn't need an uncle who once hurt her mother." "I'll let this go, just this once. But if you ever try anything like this again, I won't be so forgiving." With that, Sean stood and walked out without a backward glance.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmEthan pressed his hands over his face in anguish.
Across both his lives, Claire had never forgiven him. She had never accepted his regret, never accepted his attempts to make amends. The guilt gnawed at him, a bottomless pit threatening to swallow him whole.
m He staggered out of the police station, dazed. He should've go back to Cresthaven but he couldn't let it go. Instead, he went straight to the research institute to wait for Claire. "Claire, I know I was wrong. Can you forgive me?" His voice was raw, desperate.
He wasn't asking for much-just a single word of forgiveness from ber lips. If she could find it in her heart to forgive him, even if she asked him to die for her that very moment, he would agree without hesitation. It had bechis obsession-not just his own, but his mother's as well.
"Claire, I know we failed you. But I already paid the price in my last life. Isn't that enough?" "Did you know? Mom's gone. She died without ever hearing you forgive her. Do you have any idea how much pain she was in at the end-how she couldn't even find peace when she passed?"
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