Dorian heard his three-year-old daughter Nessa calling from inside, insisting she was not a wedding present.
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Chapter 11
The Vale driver eventually told me something else.
There had been a second bag.
Small suitcase.
Inside:
Nessa’s party shoes.
Three dresses.
Her rabbit.
Hairbrush.
Bedtime book.
Everything chosen by Corisandra.
That mattered.
Packing is intimate.
She knew what comforted Nessa.
She was not indifferent.
That made the betrayal more complex.
Corisandra cared enough to pack the right bedtime book.
Then still sent the child away without consent.
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People can be attentive and controlling at the same time.
That lesson mattered.
