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Chapter 12 - Five Years After Sofia’s Death, Rosie Walked Into My Dining Room Wearing a Pink Dress and Put the Same Ring Back on the TableRosie was eight.

She had grown.

She looked like her mother.

The ring belonged in the foundation archive.

But Rosie asked to see it.

She placed it on the table.

“Mommy wore this.”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“Because she wanted me to find the truth.”

Rosie smiled.

“I found it.”

“You did.”

She touched the star.

“Can we keep it?”

“Yes.”

“Can I have it when I'm older?”

I nodded.

“Of course.”

She smiled.

That night, I realized something.

The ring no longer represented fear.

It represented courage.

A dead woman.

A child.

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A promise.

And a family that had survived.

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