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Liora's POV
“The Lord is ready to accept all who come to him. He is ready to welcome them into his fold. Abandon your ways...“
I zone out the rest of the preacher's words as I walk into the little church in my community—a place I swore never to return to. But it's inevitable. I'm doing this for Aunt. I know she won't be happy, but I'm willing to take her anger as long as she's alive.
Evren walks beside me, his presence providing a sense of comfort and protection.
He's as stubborn as a she-goat. I told him to stay back, but he told me his baby was going nowhere without him, and in less than two hours, his jet had been prepared for us to take the three-hour journey to Salt Lake City.
Even when I told him to stay in the car while I alerted my parents that I was here, he still followe
