That belief had cost her years.
The Moment Everything Shifted
Inside the kitchen, Derek looked directly at Emily through the window.
He told her that if she did what she was thinking of doing, she would regret it.
Something changed in her when he said that.
Not fear. Something on the other side of fear. Clarity. The kind that arrives when a person finally stops hoping a situation will improve on its own and decides instead to act.
She opened the door. She stepped back inside. She made the call.
The officers arrived before the candles on the birthday cake had been lit.
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