Chapter 10

Isabella moved back into one of the Lombardi residences temporarily.
Not permanently.
I offered.
She chose.
Difference.
She hated feeling like a daughter retreating to her father.
So within months she found her own townhouse.
Good.
Noah picked his room based entirely on whether it had a window seat.
Politics ended there.
Isabella started wearing short sleeves again.
Not as statement.
Summer.
The first time I noticed no marks, I almost said something.
Didn’t.
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Her body was not family progress documentation.
Good lesson.