“Nora Revealed Her Dead Father’s Watch to Adrian, Then Clara Exposed the Dangerous Secret James Had Died Trying to Protect”
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Chapter 15 - James’s Watch Starts Ticking Again
For Nora’s eighth birthday, Adrian repaired James’s pocket watch.
The mechanism had been damaged for years.
He handed it to her in a small wooden box.
She opened it.
The second hand moved.
Tick.
Tick.
Tick.
Nora stared.
“Was this Daddy’s?”
“Yes.”
“Then yours?”
“For a while.”
“And now mine?”
“If you want it.”
She closed the box.
“I’m scared I’ll lose it.”
Adrian smiled.
“Good judgment.”
She gave it back.
“Keep it until I’m twenty.”
“Eighteen.”
“Twenty.”
“Eighteen.”
“Twenty.”
I watched them negotiate like family.
Eventually Adrian surrendered.
May you like
Nora grinned.
James would have loved that.
