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ZOE’S POV I hadn’t expected him to run to me like that. "Mummy!" Jamie shouted with so much joy like a child who had found his world again. His little arms wrapped around my waist so tight, so trusting like he had been waiting for this moment too. Everything froze. The room blurred. All I saw—all I felt—was my son. My baby. Right there in front of me. Calling me the one word I ached to hear from him again. I wasn’t aware of the glass breaking until Austin’s voice cut through the moment. “Zoe!” he shouted and ran to her. I glanced up. Chloe stood frozen in the archway, wine glasses shattered around her feet. But just as quickly, she masked it, pasting on that polished, perfect smile she always wore when she was lying. “Oh! Sorry. I… Jamie startled me. I thought he was calling out to

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