I Followed My Daughter Carrying Sandwiches Down the Hall—Then I Found Another Child Living Behind the Wall.
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Chapter 79
six months later. the crisp autumn wind swept across the porch of our new house in the pacific northwest. mia and leo were in the front yard, raking leaves into massive piles and jumping into them with infectious laughter. they were thriving, their trauma slowly healing with time and therapy. i stood at the kitchen window, washing dishes and watching them play. my new name was sarah, and i worked as a freelance accountant for a local firm. elias lived an hour away, running a quiet bait and tackle shop under a new identity. we had built a fortress of normalcy, a quiet life far away from the shadows that had nearly consumed us. but even in the daylight, the ghosts still lingered at the edges of my mind.
