Chapter 5 - Lily Reunites With Her Long Lost Mother
Lily didn't care about the whispers, the cameras, or the corporate corruption being exposed on the wedding dance floor.
She broke away from the wreckage of the wedding party, her small feet pounding rapidly against the floorboards.
“Mommy!” Lily cried out, her voice breaking with an overwhelming wave of pure, unadulterated childish joy and relief.
Emily dropped to her knees, opening her arms wide just in time for her seven-year-old daughter to throw herself into her embrace.
They collided with a soft thud, both of them collapsing onto the parquet floor as Emily wrapped her arms tightly around the little girl.
“I missed you so much, baby… I never wanted to leave you,” Emily sobbed into Lily’s messy hair, tears streaming freely down her cheeks.
Lily buried her face in her mother’s grey trench coat, clutching the fabric as if letting go would mean waking up from a cruel dream.
“Daddy said you went to heaven, Mommy… but I knew you were coming back,” Lily whispered, her tiny shoulders shaking with happy tears.
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James stood guard over them, his eyes locked on Ryan like a wolf watching a trapped, wounded rabbit.
The entire ballroom fell completely silent, watching the emotional mother-daughter reunion with a heavy, respectful stillness.
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