staring at the flickering streetlights through the rain-smeared glass. Her father was still at work, and she felt the loneliness

r with some comfort, but even his presence couldn't ease the storm inside her heart. Suddenly

, Ellie," he sai

m the home Ellie had known her entire life. Her father's voice was full of practicality, but Ellie could only hear th

ax behind after everything? The bond they had formed felt like the one thing that could heal the aching hole in her heart. The s

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