Ainsley demanded that Galen choose between his dead wife’s memories and his future bride
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Chapter 8
The house changed too.
Not back.
That mattered.
I almost restored every object exactly where Celeste had left it.
Then stopped.
A shrine is still another kind of trap.
I asked Eira about her room.
Which photograph?
Which blanket?
Which objects?
She chose some.
Ignored others.
The blue box stayed accessible.
Celeste’s wedding portrait did not return to the hallway.
Eira preferred a photograph of her mother eating ice cream on a park bench.
May you like
Better.
Memory should be alive enough to be embarrassing.
