Chapter 10 - FOREVER HOME
One evening, as the sun dipped below the horizon, painting the sky in shades of gold and amber, Nathan stood on the porch, watching Lucy playing in the yard. Hannah joined him, resting her head on his shoulder.
“You’re thinking,” she said.
“I’m remembering,” he replied.
“Does it still hurt?”
He looked at her, then at their life. “It’s a different kind of hurt now. It’s a part of who I am, but it doesn't define me anymore.”
He leaned down and kissed her, a deep, tender gesture of all they had survived. From the yard, Lucy ran up to them, throwing her arms around Nathan’s legs.
“Daddy, come play!”
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Nathan looked at his legs, then at his daughter, and then at the woman he loved. He reached down, lifted Lucy into his arms, and walked out into the garden, leaving the ghosts of the past behind.
They were finally home. And as the stars began to appear in the velvet sky, Nathan realized that the greatest treasure he had ever earned wasn't his millions or his power—it was the simple, beautiful, impossible joy of a life he had been given a second chance to live.
