A DYING BILLIONAIRE GAVE A HOMELESS SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL HIS LAST NAME FOR ONE WEEK
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Chapter 12 - Lucy Asked Me to Visit Her Mother's Grave, and I Finally Understood Why Anna Had Trusted MeWe found Anna's grave.
Lucy stood quietly.
She placed flowers beside the stone.
“Hi, Mommy.”
I stood behind her.
She looked at me.
“Mommy was right.”
“About what?”
“She said you'd protect me.”
I swallowed.
“She also said you were lonely.”
I smiled sadly.
“She was right.”
Lucy took my hand.
“You aren't lonely anymore.”
“No.”
I looked at her.
“I'm not.”
She hugged me.
And I realized Anna hadn't chosen me because I was powerful.
She chose me because Claire had trusted me.
And Claire had trusted me because, beneath all the anger and grief, I was still the man she loved.
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The man who had been waiting for a reason to come back to life.
Lucy was that reason.
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