HE IS HERE
The sun was just beginning to dip beneath the horizon, casting gold over the villa's sea-facing balcony where Katie sat curled in a blanket, sipping chamomile tea and trying to calm her racing thoughts. Despite the calm and peace she now had, she felt something inside her still hadn't quite settled. The nerves refused to leave. The weight of it all, the trauma, the whispers in her head... it was like her body was still bracing for impact. And tonight, it began to show. They had just returned from their honeymoon when she first felt the dull ache low in her back. Then the sudden, sharp tightness in her abdomen. Katie brushed it off at first, thinking it was just stress or maybe Braxton Hicks. But when her teacup slipped from her fingers and shattered against the tiles, she doubled over—e
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