Elara sat down, her jaw tightening with anger.
What is he up to now? she wondered bitterly.
“Victor, money isn’t going to change anything,
” she muttered to herself.
what’s already broken.
”
“Nothing is going to fix
But as quickly as the anger rose, guilt followed.
She remembered how harshly she had spoken to her son earlier.
“Ugh…
” she groaned softly, running a hand through her hair.
Without wasting another second, she walked down the hallway to Daniel’s room and knocked
gently before entering.
He was lying in bed, pretending to be asleep.
Elara sat carefully on the edge of his bed.
“Honey,
” she said softly, brushing his hair back,
was tired… but that’s not your fault. I’m really sorry.
”
“I’m sorry I lashed out at you earlier, okay? I
Daniel slowly sat up, adjusting
