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Chapter43 Break the Wall

Author: Nora Ashton
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-03 23:40:00

Mrs Hopkins’s laugh is soft, almost motherly. “Love isn’t always fireworks, Mr Griffin. Sometimes it’s quieter, steadier. Tell me—when you think of Amanda, what do you feel?”

He exhales sharply, leaning back against the bench. “I feel… regret. Like I failed her. And guilt because my friends told me she deserved better.”

“Those are feelings of remorse, not necessarily love. What else? When you picture her in your mind, what comes to you?”

Riley closes his eyes, letting his thoughts settle. Amanda’s face surfaces almost immediately—her determined smile, the way she bit her lip when she was nervous, her soft laughter that always seemed to fill the silence.

“She’s… incredible,” he admits, his voice low. “She sees things I don’t. This garden, for example. I couldn’t care less about it after my mother passed, but Amanda… she saved it.

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