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Diane felt it before he even spoke again.
That shift.
The kind that didn’t just change a moment but rewrote everything that came before it.
Her father’s hand was still resting lightly on her shoulder, but it no longer grounded her. Nothing did. Not the familiar driveway. Not the house behind her. Not even the man standing a few feet away—the man who had once felt like safety.
Now, Damon Pierce looked like a threat....a dangerous one.
“Diane, we need to talk and this time, it’s the truth.”
His voice was steady, but there was something beneath it. Something strained. Urgent. Almost desperate.
But she didn’t move and didn’t speak.
Because suddenly, she didn’t know who deserved to be heard first, her father, who had just shattered her entire reality… or Damon, who had apparen
