CHAPTER 4 – WHAT SURVIVES THE FIRE
CHAPTER 4 – WHAT SURVIVES THE FIRE
Years later.
Sunlight streamed through the windows of a quiet suburban home.
Lily ran down the stairs, backpack bouncing.
“Dad! I’m late!”
Lucas smiled at the word.
Dad.
He had earned it.
Emma kissed his cheek.
“You good today?” she asked softly.
Lucas nodded.
“I am.”
He truly was.
The past never vanished.
But it no longer owned him.
At night, when the house was quiet, he still thought of Isabella and Daniel.
He always would.
But now, love had found him again.
Not as a replacement.
But as a redemption.
And sometimes, when Lily fell asleep on his shoulder, Lucas Moretti finally believed the truth:
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Some men are born in fire.
But not all of them burn forever.
