Kaida
The sun was warm on my face as I stepped out of the hospital doors, inhaling deeply as the crisp air filled my lungs. It was the first time in days that I had felt this free. I’d been confined to that hospital bed, restless and worried about everything. About Kaelen, the court case, my babies. But now, as I walked beside Bastian, a strange calm washed over me. I was free, for now at least, and I was healthy. That was all that mattered.
Bastian was there with me, his steady presence by my side a comfort I couldn’t put into words. He’d insisted on picking me up, and even though I’d initially hesitated, I was glad he was the one to bring me home. I needed someone who could ground me, someone who wasn’t tangled up in all the chaos Kaelen had brought into my life.
“Are you feeling alri
