Chapter 11: The Past Returns

Just when life felt steady…
The past came back.
Nathan had filed an appeal.
Not to win.
But to hurt.
To reopen wounds.
To remind me of who I used to be.
For a moment, the fear flickered again.
Then I looked around—at the lives we had changed.
And I realized something.
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He no longer had power over me.
Not even a shadow of it.