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The Fear Of Waiting

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last update Last Updated: 2025-03-26 12:13:28

The chapel was silent, save for the soft flickering of candlelight and the occasional creak of old wooden pews. Jaxon Elijah sat in the front row, his large hands clasped tightly together, his head bowed. The air smelled of incense, and the dim light cast long shadows against the marble walls, making the place feel both holy and desolate.

He was no longer the proud and majestic president of Elijah Consortium. Here, in the stillness of the chapel, he was just a man—a broken father, a desperate husband. The weight of his sins pressed down on him, suffocating. The empire he had built, the power he had wielded, all felt meaningless now.

Ashley and Scottie lay in the ICU, their bodies still, their breaths measured by the steady beep of machines. Every second that passed was agony, each breath they took a cruel reminder of how fragile life truly was. His wife, his son—they were the only things that ever mattered, and he had failed them.

Jaxon exhaled shakily, tilting his face upward to the
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