MY AUNT SLAPPED ME FOR MY DEAD MOTHER’S NECKLACE, THEN THE ESTATE PAPERS REVEALED WHY SHE NEEDED IT SO BADLY
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Chapter 15 - Noah Returns The Broken Frame
Four years after the memorial, Noah gave Lily a birthday present.
The repaired frame.
The one Vanessa knocked onto the floor.
He had kept every broken piece.
A restoration specialist rebuilt it.
The photograph inside showed Claire laughing on a beach while Lily, then five, tried to bury Noah’s feet in sand.
Lily ran her fingers over the repaired corner.
“You kept this?”
“Yeah.”
“Why didn’t you give it back sooner?”
Noah shrugged.
“I thought you needed new memories before I handed you an old one.”
She hugged him.
May you like
The necklace rested between them.
For once, nobody reached for it.
