Chapter 6
Chapter 6
Chris wakes with quiet resolve, calls Leo and hears his stress, then confesses her secret to Sophia over tea. David comes home early, senses her distance, and they share a fragile moment. Chris ends the chapter in the garden, the robin watching, as she whispers the truth she will soon tell.
Morning light crept through the curtains, pale and tentative, as Chris opened her eyes. The scent of lavender lingered from the kitchen, a soft promise in the air. David’s side of the bed was empty, the sheets cool. She heard the shower running, the familiar rhythm of his morning routine.
She lay still, watching the dust motes dance in the sunbeam. The resolve she had felt the night before was still there, quiet but steady, like a heartbeat beneath the surface of her skin. Today, she would take the first step. But where to begin?
She rose slowly, her joints stiff from the cold bench of the garden. Her body felt heavy, weighted by years of silence. She slipped on her robe and padded to the kitchen, where the lavender sat in its small vase, the stems arranged just so. She touched a dried flower, its petals brittle beneath her fingers.
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