Claudia shoved the barefoot child through the open terrace doors into the snow and threw the gift after him
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Chapter 9
Grace did not move back in with Mark.
Good.
Nor did she move into my house permanently.
Better.
She rented a small place nearby.
Noah stayed with her while she and Mark slowly negotiated what contact could safely look like.
Not through lawyers.
Through family boundaries.
Witnessed exchanges.
No unsupervised time at first.
Mark hated it.
Then accepted.
Because he finally understood power was no longer automatic.
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He had to earn ordinary trust.
Harder than commanding men.
