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Chapter 235

Author: Summer Knowles
"I'm fine," Sarah forced a smile.

Despite her best efforts, Mia's therapy showed no progress. Mia's connection to her seemed too deeply rooted. She couldn't figure out how to alter Mia's subconscious in the short term, and she'd discussed this with Scott.

During their sessions, she'd found Mia easy to hypnotize, suggesting a generally malleable mind. Yet on this one issue, Mia showed incredible resistance, stubbornly pulling Sarah into that memory.

After sending Mia to rest, Sarah sat alone on the couch, lost in thought for nearly two hours until Melvin returned.

He was startled to see her. Holding up a wine bottle, he asked, "Care for a drink?"

"Sure."

They hadn't sat together like this since her father's death when Melvin took over the company. After her marriage to James, they'd barely seen each other.

Melvin had assumed Sarah was either acting out or avoiding painful memories, so he'd kept his distance. That is, until he saw her situation in the news.

Sarah fetched two wine
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