JasmineThe garden is alive with colors that I’ve barely noticed before, vivid greens, soft blush pinks, and golden yellows bathed in the sun’s morning glow. The air smells fresh, clean, with a faint hint of lavender drifting on the breeze. For the first time in what feels like forever, I don’t feel like the shadows are suffocating me.Ramon walks beside me, his pace slow and steady, as if he’s matching his rhythm to mine. The gold pendant hanging around his neck catches the sunlight, glinting like a beacon. He doesn’t talk much, but his presence is grounding, solid, a quiet reassurance I didn’t realize I needed.I glance at him from the corner of my eye. His jaw is tight, the sharp angles of his face softened by the sunlight. I know what this costs him. The pendant might keep him safe from the sun’s wrath, but it doesn’t mean he’s comfortable.“Ramon,” I say, stopping in my tracks. He pauses, turning to look at me, his dark eyes filled with quiet patience. “You don’t have to do this,
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