CHAPTER 34: THE PEACE

The years passed.
Emma grew up.
She went to university.
She got a job.
She found love.
She got married.
I watched it all.
And I smiled.
Because I'd done it.
I'd protected her.
I'd kept her safe.
I'd given her a life she deserved.
And she gave me one too.
She came to visit me every year.
We sat on the porch.
Drank tea.
Talked for hours.
About everything.
About nothing.
About the past.
About the future.
And I knew that this was what I'd been fighting for.
This moment.
This peace.
This joy.
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I had found it.
And I was never letting it go.