Chapter 9 - When Elena's Parents Returned to Beg for Forgiveness, She Gave Them the Answer They Never ExpectedRuth came alone.
She was older.
Tired.
Broken.
“I was wrong.”
Elena listened.
“I thought having children made you valuable.”
Elena shook her head.
“No.”
“I know now.”
Her mother cried.
“I wish I had learned earlier.”
Elena hugged her.
Not because the past disappeared.
Because she no longer needed revenge.
Gordon never apologized.
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But Elena didn't need him to.
Her life no longer depended on his approval.
