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    With a piercing stare, Dani confronted Caiden.


    “If she were still here, Caiden, do you think she would regret her marriage to such a fool?”


    In a fit of anger, Caiden raised his hand, ready to strike.


    Dani rose to her feet, her eyes piercing Caiden with cold intensity.


    “Do you truly believe that my mother took her own life out of mere despair?”


    Suddenly, Caiden froze, struck by a grim realization. As Dani moved closer, he backed away.


    “She’s been haunting my dreams, telling me about the pain of her fall. She talks about her bones breaking, her blood spilling, and how peace never came. And yet, you call yourself my father, her husband? Did it ever cross your mind that it might not have been just an ident?”


    Overwhelmed, Caiden sank into the couch. His face turned pale.


    “I don’t know anything,” he stammered, then raced up the stairs.


    His nerves had wiped the initial argument clean from his memory.


    Hourster, with a defeated slouch, Caiden stood at Cedric’s door and said, “I’m heading back to Zentara.”


    Standing by therge window and mid-call, Cedric paused to say, “We’ll leave it here for now,” to the person on the line before turning to Caiden.


    “Whatever happened back then didn’t involve me. I’m clueless about it, and I’m intent on returning to Zentara.” In the dim ambiance of the room, only a sliver of light cast shadows. Cedric’s silhouette was just visible to Caiden, who couldn’t make out his expression.


    “Do you really believe you’re innocent? Aren’t you the one who imed Dani as your daughter and Brylee as your wife? And now you say it’s none of your concern?” Anger red within Caiden.


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    “Brylee is gone! I’ve cut ties with Dani! If they want revenge, that’s up to them. There’s nothing I can do. I need to leave for Zentara now, Cedric.”


    Caiden’s voice turned cold as he looked up.


    “They don’t care about me anymore, and I’m no use to them. I need to leave. Right now.”


    Caiden had always detested the tough life in Zentara. He used to constantly dream of returning.


    Yet now, he was anxious to leave.


    Cedric, however, simply said, “No.”


    Caiden looked up sharply.


    “Why not?”


    “Because you instigated all this chaos.


    You were unfaithful, giving Katrina the opening she needed to disrupt your marriage, and it was Brylee who suffered.


    You robbed Dani had a happy childhood.


    You failed as a husband and as a father. This me is on you. There’s no escape this time.


    You can’t just run away.”


    In the hushed room, Cedric’s voice cut through the silence, resolute and calm.


    Caiden’s initial agitation dissolved under the weight of Cedric’s usations. Overwhelmed by despair, Caiden copsed to the floor, clutching his head. His voice broke as he murmured, “It’s not my fault. I didn’t do this. It’s all their doing.”


    Caiden seethed with anger after Cedric tly refused to send him back to Zentara. With nowhere else to go, he crashed at a friend’s house for a few days.


    When Dani came to pick him up, his face was twisted in frustration.


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