Chapter 8 - ELLA WAKES
Ella woke two days later.
Megan nearly collapsed with relief.
The doctors expected a full recovery, though they warned that headaches and confusion could last for weeks.
Ella remembered very little.
She remembered Noah being angry.
She remembered the brick.
Then darkness.
“Is the boy still here?” she asked.
Megan hesitated.
“Yes.”
Ella frowned.
“Why was he mad at me?”
Megan had no answer a five-year-old should ever have to understand.
Andrew entered moments later.
Ella reached for him automatically.
That nearly broke Megan.
Because Andrew was still her father.
Still the man Ella trusted most.
The betrayal had not erased his role in Ella’s heart.
That made everything harder.
Not easier.
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When Andrew bent to kiss Ella’s forehead, Megan watched him carefully.
She wondered how one man could love two children and still damage both of them so completely.
