Chapter 9 - The House Without Locks
Elena never returned to Hale Manor after trial.
The estate was seized in civil litigation.
Eventually sold.
She bought a smaller house near Boston.
Three bedrooms.
Garden.
Kitchen too small.
Perfect.
Rebecca lived fifteen minutes away.
Gabriel thirty.
They did not pretend to be a conventional family.
They became something stranger.
And healthier.
Noah had Elena.
Rebecca.
Gabriel.
Different roles.
No competition.
No one demanded ownership.
Elena eventually returned to work.
She founded an advocacy organization for patients harmed by reproductive fraud.
Rebecca became its medical adviser after regaining her license.
Gabriel funded security initially.
Elena made him sign paperwork like everyone else.
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He complained.
She enjoyed it.
