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Chapter 9 — Rebuilding After Betrayal

Chapter 9 — Rebuilding After Betrayal

Months passed.

Vale Estate slowly recovered.

Clara returned to the vineyard.

But she was different.

Stronger.

Eleanor treated her not as a daughter-in-law.

But as a daughter.

One evening, Clara asked:

“Do you regret helping me?”

Eleanor smiled.

“No.”

“Even though it destroyed your family?”

Eleanor looked toward the vineyard.

“My family was never destroyed because of you.”

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She paused.

“It was saved because of you.”

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