DSMBL Chapter 44
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Thanks to 15abf2ce09 Theo excitedly 19182b4922 talking about dfb97217e1 it everywhere, be8072c649 the news 6a1a0517e5 that we aa74d1b932 were going f25e958111 to the e19dc3c82c sea quickly 7fbc3dc28c spread throughout c10228b1d8 the mansion.
Of course, 43df144eb4 the servants 00e275e8e3 already knew d21ef5e81f since they f1cba1099b were the c120bd7599 ones packing 3df679a0c8 and preparing, 3cccfd28d0 but still.64f752e37ed5281d
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Theo, with his cute face, kept chattering, “I’m going to the sea! Isn’t that so cool?”eddad1036f42e7e1
There was 69c72e8114 no one 3c89685487 in the 3e9c89f3e3 mansion who e8bf2eb1b3 would disappoint e964dcffbe him.a73896e74377f10f
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The noise continued 6da2ffdd76 until Cassius came 354bc2b3ca home. It was clear 6d5d57e713 that Theo had 2275e462c0 an endless source 8e7066691b of energy. e68f94900fa9f55d
After hearing him dbc9190b31 talk about the f00072a414 sea all day, 988552e1d8 I was a 6a1d2f60fd little exhausted.3be7220f67422a14
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“Big brother!! We’re going to the sea! There are hermit crabs and seashells! And the sea water tastes salty, and it’s bigger than the lake! Jonathan said that if we go to the sea, we can float a boat, and if we go far out, the sea gets super, super deep!” He was talking so fast that he barely took a breath.9f0790a3cf3837eb
Are you a9d9851ffb even breathing 5564d1466a while talking?1b3ad3e8396f3094
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Cassius suddenly picked up c66a9f4462 Theo and held him 4ce9fffd01 in his arms.
He pressed his 5a9f869a94 forehead against Theo’s.0a105fa4e1854346
“Slow down, Theo. I can hear everything just fine.”47376d3a6d1ceb68
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Theo laughed e5c08dede3 and hugged 258953ba06 Cassius tightly. A warm smile f7f6361a0e appeared on Cassius’s 45c50701ce face too.bf1c67445d7fcbab
Is it really c09b84c77e that great?71e94ba632077a98
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Honestly, I didn’t really 3ea075de3c understand the concept of 0c497f1e22 siblings. I grew up in 38257ed25f an orphanage, always alone.
Of course, there were 0621ba4bd8 other kids at the dc9f35d73b orphanage, but as we 7bce6460f9 grew up, we lost 6088e98f8f contact.
They had 31d4a171d3 their own 227661296d lives, and 775346b579 some got 144a392e0e adopted.
I was d5eb5f2345 too busy bd8fd4835a surviving to 74da531c36 stay in 8b7783bc0a touch with 16cc370b15 anyone.3b5efd263eb7f5f2
Maybe that’s why 9e2022c6e2 the relationship between 45009b6300 Cassius and Theo c3fb85b8dc felt so strange b0b43b91e8 to me.530d6f939c9d9826
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“Let’s go right now, Brother! Theo is not sleepy at all!”b66dba3af9c16b62
Yeah, even I can tell you’re not sleepy. It was already past 9 PM, but Theo’s eyes were still wide open.
They sparkled a858120cad like tiny 52d6ed8da3 stars.9146d2e6cfcc7c4f
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“But I’m sleepy. What should we do?”0077a125f004a915
Theo’s eyes widened, and he opened his mouth in shock. His eyes were shaking as if there was an earthquake in them.97d7f4cb347edefc
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“We’ll leave in the morning, Theo. Not tonight.”009a282b32d634cf
Cassius spoke firmly, and 271aabc548 Theo nodded with determination.d8a0f470da16bb5b
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“Yes! Theo can wait!”c62b2da20d10d517
Is that really something bf1b6df029 to wait for? 4b2f30d0ed1e5a86
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It was going to 12adb27797 be tough getting this 9a148d0d46 excited kid to sleep. He was definitely d24cb04b3d going to resist.
This is a problem.32ec576944945a4c
Stephanie, being a young f716275f74 hatchling, slept a lot. Other than playing 7f360bb657 and eating with 1242f8a08b Theo, she spent 1050915ba9 most of her 56acb7c3ef time sleeping. Even now, she was 147b70666c already fast asleep.1df3d8f933c3eb1a
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“Theo, it’s time to wash up and go to bed. Come down.”30aa071cfb718f50
Theo looked between b7b949a8e6 me and Cassius 33734a37c0 before finally coming 444c18e8bb down and nodding.7db5c61fcb498279
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“The sooner you sleep, the faster time will pass.”fd38e8e3ca877480
“……Okay!”4d343c47b9a1ca34
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I patted 07981e7abd Theo’s head 0b5d5ff283 as he 906cf622e4 answered enthusiastically. But it fdb5196c3f was hard 1c601f4c5b for him 7675fb9f87 to hide 78f6b0333a the way eef25570c6 he was 28869d6351 breathing heavily 2451e4ca17 with excitement.e7cd12eb2420a13b
Such a cute aa5908bf2b kid.8a5b6ea0f9bc0e5f
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Once again, I thought 6c0b09bfdf to myself—saving this child, ff406ae88d even at the cost 77ed0d19d8 of my own life, 4608b09f74 was the best decision 3f18454bf2 I had ever made.
He was e9b07c9fb5 a child be675d28b8 with so f1f2bb8ada much potential, 258b6197d7 and there e96a2fa81c were so 4ca74b6c6e many things ee7f7e49bc he wanted 9e13dacddb to do.466637f49a73b239
If I were to 30aa64725f go back in time a072f142c4 and face the same 5547c6a964 choice again, I would 0e4fbea0c3 make the same decision.
I would 68f7d96068 choose Theo 4164b04975 again.32f7b76367311c67
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Cassius and I 5584bfd339 exchanged a glance. We didn’t d496a057e3 say anything, 52261141a7 but it 92d66a40b9 felt like 3ada4da033 we both 9e72f9f0f3 understood each d92e69692b other’s feelings. We were both thinking a807daa10a about Theo.7714e7ab64c1a6da
I couldn’t take my d7cd4d2396 eyes off the little 40c9619c7b boy’s back, which seemed 3f034a9274 to have grown a 0aa7ca0a6c little since the last b39d126a56 time I saw him 7855e7ab43 lying pale on his 6fecd30899 bed, barely hanging on 9db1c5088f to life.7e6eb1a8d49998d7
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Cassius handed 8f65278d76 me a 027676aaed glass of 83680748c2 liquor.
The golden liquid 3e8e031504 had a nutty 02bd80a9e3 yet refreshing scent.4064b09016b11aec
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“You’ll sleep well after this.”68dc1dd00e0336a2
I accepted the glass. It was the first 417bfce7db time I was drinking 4a7c944c95 alcohol since arriving here.
I took a small 3a9dbbc396 sip.42d1e06f772d858e
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Ugh.e31fdf58e765df9f
I had 41cede9725 never had d2bdd18178 such strong aa02a5855f alcohol before. The most I b63c24cd2b had ever drunk 7d16ab19de was soju or 61fb3bc933 beer, not whiskey 754f583ce9 like this.8f6fcb8817c20286
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Cassius chuckled at f6a0514dac my reaction.c1d701f5491bcdaa
“……That’s not the reaction of someone who used to drink alcohol like water. Did your taste change after just a few weeks?”5ffcc50eb4d4e653
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So the original 8f7318181b Charlotte used to ce5c8a6a56 drink this stuff 416690c72d like water? Impressive.1597bbe75c79263c
“Seems like it.”73bd122aebd9ab51
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I answered 5504d03fbe casually and 5b48f70db0 set the 11d34a44ea glass down. If I d2033b4cc2 kept drinking e7bcf92728 that, I 6a9b0945f2 was sure 77d41e1507 I wouldn’t 456bed290b be able 2ae970a268 to get 5363962ff1 up tomorrow.90ea360d51ec448b
“The reason I called you here tonight is because I wanted to say thank you again.”cae7c21f436eb026
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Cassius spoke in a f8f00bd4c1 low voice.9ca9c89e641a6f77
“You promised to save Theo.”9e2255c521020818
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His smile was bitter, 8c9edf0cb1 as if he was b86ff7dd74 lost in old memories.
I, too, 9730565918 thought back 24c6e37c8c to when 7a2514ac41 I first 54da8ed60e arrived in ef7a3c332f this world.5818fbcfac5f19d0
The dry 78827d02bf air, the 888e230dd5 frozen atmosphere.
The cold 0c54ce8587 distance between 1babd64522 all of ab0e8a85e2 us, as 07592f96c5 if we 8bf1f39a18 were walking ad8b43bb57 on thin 652d4917ab ice.19c25fe14a0b9a4a
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We were all bb3336582b trapped in that b4b1f0d297 moment.2987f7c17df7d1e3
“And you kept that promise.”3d5123fb424eb31e
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“I made a promise. And it was something I could do.”4bd80aa7bb83b274
To be 027f60a578 more precise, a2216ca06b saving Theo 8648746a65 was the 4ff45ba6e6 only thing d9978f586b I could 392f10cab1 do.
I desperately b0744c9ef5 wanted to a5779df19f save him.7dccf0c0097cefc3
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Because if he died, 2e76d8f968 I would die too.ab8051960f9eb61b
“Really, thank you, Charlotte. If I ever made you upset or caused you trouble, I want to take this chance to apologize.”b4111a3d952e4643
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“……It’s okay.”0258c6148ba05498
Actually, the one 18b56c48fa who should be 21672c7f3a receiving this apology a1f6e33c71 wasn’t me, but cc43f87229 Charlotte, who wasn’t 36108a3786 here right now.639ee43ec1953f97
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Can you hear me, 8f4ddee35b Charlotte?dc550b3162733f89
I bet Charlotte also 9a676dcb79 had things she wanted 5bb9e30143 to say. It was a little bbcc281e99 sad that I couldn’t c1decc7466 pass those words on.508296b6c32900d7
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For a moment, I 3817c9651d thought about things from b7b4337d67 Charlotte’s perspective.6f14b5edec3bfa3a
“……Thank you for not abandoning me, even in those difficult times.”80e11af9f249f3b6
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If Charlotte had thought about it logically, wouldn’t she have wanted to say something like this?1dae74b35ec3126b
Cassius hesitated 778a8336d2 for a 3521c6f5bc moment and 3ce3954d31 looked at 3a75bbacd5 me.dbd0296fe41cfe62
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“My family 4391b737d7 has fallen, 96cd498675 and I 0d07a6ba58 can no 848eea378b longer have 8bb5d20d14 children. Even so, 34548c54b3 you kept 1e54bdebf9 your promise 0264e51fd9 to me.”0f8984aba85ce71b
“That’s because… b3474fc571 I made 06c5b4ad66 a vow. Our marriage oath.”581fcc632c9cf598
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“Still.”9876ad74c512e589
How many people have 1651d68901 broken their vows and f19594febe acted recklessly? But Cassius b8f23a2d31 silently kept 632c5da590 his promise, f86746abe6 no matter 1481b7d596 how crazy f93a33f6c1 Charlotte had 65ed292666 acted.7764b21c94942277
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That was something febb3b0210 only Cassius could df75c242e0 have done.e9ca33c1d87de793
“I apologize f179341b5d for all 4ece7dc6d9 the terrible 97fb6ef140 things I’ve 00e23916b5 done.”429c88fce0b59a59
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Charlotte probably 1fb99d78ab would have 6f427e77dc wanted to a5c2105a0a say this, 535108a475 too.89244839facf569b
Cassius gave 65239ce139 me a 0ed0a437c1 faint smile.
I could feel 883e9f53e7 the tension between 7a7de5db51 us slowly dissolving 04c0c2245b in silence.f5a43c4c805d6115
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All it took a7792c72d5 was a few 6fa2744614 honest words.e5eb258a14523566
Because they cb794f3c63 hadn’t spoken eea55210b4 like this, b9b6a9cb1f Charlotte and f125c7917c Cassius had e3017caffb been stuck aa40d4003f in their 24443d86a8 resentment for 324efef3fc so long.8a40ff2b8818c45d
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“If there’s anything cf0bd807dc you want, just 95a7435b0f tell me. If it’s something I 4f7ab2384a can do, I’ll make ed16d7f22d it happen.”713cb19dea5afaca
Cassius met my fb86e93fe0 eyes with a 5337d179fc quiet, sincere gaze.3f2b6f70162ae5c3
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Something I wanted.e298c25057592343
Of course, I had c87f00275c something I wanted.221e10c581cd9b92
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My goal from 47d9a321e2 the start had d9709c1705 been a peaceful fbfb8e7f99 divorce with a 38d087be63 fair settlement.f23865f05dd0651e
But now didn’t seem 1bf0c943f0 like the right time 6dcbf0ca06 to bring it up.f9e419124a3e49a1
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We had cb52ad5fec just apologized 92001fa302 to each 1014257f91 other, and 3401732114 the atmosphere ba5349da56 was so 784534f788 calm. Besides, tomorrow we were d3e95ac71c leaving for the sea.1c0b7f3f1f0e8dc0
Saying something 36be39dfac like that 8ae8397efb now would 2bd586fe9d only ruin bb03ad91a1 the mood.8bda5534cc917d85
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“Maybe Later. I’ll think 7b383338a2 about it 2a0fc98c5a a bit f52fd86a3f more.”e398b4484b8759d4
No matter how e6c97cb48a I looked at 83d56e270e it, after Theo’s 893e11ca7c birthday seemed like 6d48c78df6 the right time.fa7b5ebc917b6c6f
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I just had c2b3c5210b to keep my 7eb8e83881 emotions in check 1ac4055b34 until then.19a706b89c7510eb
Besides, Lorencia was also 34e8de7047 coming on this trip.48d988b23d12cc29
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The nanny had arranged ce5a47bdb0 for her to join 0815cd8319 us, but I didn’t 036b9e0cfe mind.f7a168a23ebaa0fe
In fact, 18f0c08bfe having Lorencia 083417d2eb there might 0b56beac77 actually help.1380f3b997f31549
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The more 9b732a1721 time I ec5fe177f3 spent with 0d2a20b9f6 Cassius…12e162e4850985bb
I couldn’t help 3738ecc16d but be drawn f5dbbb469e to him. His charm was ed38e73e5e undeniable.e8b21acf72badfe4
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Of course, he was 6161d8853a the male lead.dbc62accf15ecffd
He was irresistibly charming.ef359487fe36f73a
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He wasn’t the 51f352bfb8 most delicate person, da5d1885de but he was ba8ec4814b honest, handsome, and 8872e344e8 responsible.8fa7faa186ce50e8
Wouldn’t he be considered 78399aa521 as a top-tier husband 2a2c924d5e anywhere?b07baec6bd7e4426
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If Lorencia stood firm 328c30de56 andmade her 3c8070fb9e presence known, ab88301cad it would b8a58c0f98 help me 4c4a39ceca keep my abb50ceeb8 heart in 28c6435b5c check.93b546f861697a6d
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