DSMBL Chapter 44

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Thanks to 5d9371dc6c Theo excitedly 5e3a646f19 talking about f91e16aab1 it everywhere, f33c32f529 the news 73618dff27 that we 603c980b89 were going aae51467ec to the f64324adaa sea quickly c21cde4158 spread throughout 3621847290 the mansion.
Of course, 0687941426 the servants ba5dddd8c3 already knew 51ab73ab8f since they 4637c0ef89 were the 74a9a95882 ones packing 047a2c00d0 and preparing, 0c080b95e0 but still.5941f8df989b7ca8

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Theo, with his cute face, kept chattering, “I’m going to the sea! Isn’t that so cool?”8263646c2c0a665b

There was no one 8894276101 in the mansion who 03129bcb0b would disappoint him.654f8371c4eb86b2

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The noise continued dfab594345 until Cassius came 444b2c2928 home. It was clear 6d65e86b39 that Theo had 0c1b6392ac an endless source 51ddbb03b9 of energy. 3e18533ee0192933

After hearing him 2dd333db33 talk about the 97b84fe36d sea all day, 370cd56874 I was a 59869d07af little exhausted.1f7f85a163044807

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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.738d85e1c2bc0b27

Are you even 6cba108fdb breathing while talking?8e1c0d0a1c1dcb8b

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Cassius suddenly picked up b98c21764c Theo and held him 40ab797f1c in his arms.
He pressed his 6c5aa5ce8a forehead against Theo’s.66730cb7935948da

“Slow down, Theo. I can hear everything just fine.”fe9058e8624f5f09

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Theo laughed and hugged 039e188bd8 Cassius tightly. A warm smile appeared f6860555d0 on Cassius’s face too.1a9f5b86b9e60242

Is it really fa3be64c06 that great?54d5e315a1494f83

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Honestly, I dc44aa9d94 didn’t really c8ddbc4b0d understand the 1272cbffb9 concept of 05a31c8fe7 siblings. I grew ff30df10fd up in 3bf901b4ba an orphanage, 671254f6f5 always alone.
Of course, there were 00e3f12b1e other kids at the c86c100067 orphanage, but as we 20fdbc3a32 grew up, we lost aa07279859 contact.
They had their own 6dcf176f3c lives, and some got 79572fcad8 adopted.
I was b3da22382c too busy c310b41668 surviving to dfe90274fb stay in cb5b117bad touch with 23b951f01f anyone.7de6669e2c889d20

Maybe that’s why 91afd1f194 the relationship between abd2442374 Cassius and Theo 318b9838aa felt so strange 3924bf2a13 to me.50bbf1bfca8f88e5

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“Let’s go right now, Brother! Theo is not sleepy at all!”3e33d9f25de9f42d

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 like 6da11956bb tiny stars.e42d4ade16b24737

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“But I’m sleepy. What should we do?”92e8a1cabc9870ea

Theo’s eyes widened, and he opened his mouth in shock. His eyes were shaking as if there was an earthquake in them.10cf7559c1a00333

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“We’ll leave in the morning, Theo. Not tonight.”0005226200622762

Cassius spoke 6963bacbe9 firmly, and 985a82134d Theo nodded 3400a89c33 with determination.c6a4480a17d9d499

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“Yes! Theo can wait!”04641fffb86cda38

Is that really 5651f9adbe something to wait 78b3afe746 for? c508c97c797fd11b

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It was going to 6bc13cf64e be tough getting this 9eaae209ae excited kid to sleep. He was definitely going 234983b772 to resist.
This is a problem.76ba83d8b79cea6d

Stephanie, being a b97b6fc192 young hatchling, slept 4095376f50 a lot. Other than playing dd3d966de5 and eating with 15072592f3 Theo, she spent bcb9265509 most of her 73ec953be4 time sleeping. Even now, she 5d4e938c30 was already fast 71e2633406 asleep.92ffd0d8947d35c5

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“Theo, it’s time to wash up and go to bed. Come down.”9a16308178510417

Theo looked c1a6eb64a5 between me 2cac2900fa and Cassius b2910f4a71 before finally 2304bc97a8 coming down e618a3e970 and nodding.87b8d9bf57bf14b9

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“The sooner you sleep, the faster time will pass.”cff7e6f227284ee5

“……Okay!”02651cccba195473

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I patted Theo’s eea4225a66 head as he f62faa785e answered enthusiastically. But it was hard a437070bd5 for him to hide b77179960a the way he was ed4151431c breathing heavily with excitement.577739ab605f3c3d

Such a cute kid.e8277d48d219405d

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Once again, 7b624c919e I thought 9d62ccf1e3 to myself—saving a4cea2a7bf this child, e5d10976fb even at ee99edc7fd the cost 267dad44f9 of my 74d6899719 own life, 16c5ad1a4c was the 442b897101 best decision d45f14c887 I had d1f94907e5 ever made.
He was a f3ac0b7f55 child with so 817d3566ce much potential, and 7a5b8e1257 there were so 917f273f5c many things he 66cb452479 wanted to do.87e281e5b58b32ad

If I e8cc6941cc were to a830090518 go back 8dec094164 in time d6a50f9fa4 and face c598c31afa the same a0d7feff02 choice again, a43da0e597 I would 211e69406f make the dca6475dad same decision.
I would choose Theo c1cad67a99 again.00953587ae7dd4b7

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Cassius and I exchanged ea6aa66953 a glance. We didn’t say anything, 32c911d0f7 but it felt like 52a087e9db we both understood each 31e000c762 other’s feelings. We were 5470af3793 both thinking 7c1ce94d9a about Theo.510adaf8ca37deb1

I couldn’t take my 43bce53f2e eyes off the little 7e2a0fc642 boy’s back, which seemed ac5249d386 to have grown a 0700e6a29b little since the last 6fd342c65c time I saw him 3848602f2a lying pale on his 72c9071ddd bed, barely hanging on 33ddcacc5f to life.cbb8f6c5d730a987

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Cassius handed me a b9c2023e11 glass of liquor.
The golden c6534a55da liquid had 617713eab4 a nutty 1bb2e386f8 yet refreshing af511acfdf scent.bc0c867ebfc10bb7

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“You’ll sleep well after this.”6266f7484f8428d1

I accepted 14c9652d3a the glass. It was 7940815ba7 the first 1e531ca7a7 time I daa0a8a9dd was drinking cd327f6b73 alcohol since 7cf50fc392 arriving here.
I took a 1c8bd0a851 small sip.69c87e207e0ebb57

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Ugh.611eab2ce836afcd

I had ceab13426d never had 99e46667b6 such strong 0a0a129055 alcohol before. The most 192eda6a77 I had 5eec2ca286 ever drunk e5b1fec76c was soju afb02a2d45 or beer, 9b28f31072 not whiskey 4ac4454f35 like this.4a87d38c48ffe7e0

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Cassius chuckled at 4ac23ca4c1 my reaction.85d2c4e73798bdcb

“……That’s not the reaction of someone who used to drink alcohol like water. Did your taste change after just a few weeks?”612608c3f24e269a

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So the original Charlotte c774711c1c used to drink this 8587786d95 stuff like water? Impressive.624686a8b157c8c8

“Seems like it.”2cd5a2f20e62c50a

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I answered casually 6e6df64c0a and set the d69e77d353 glass down. If I kept drinking 5a710c729b that, I was sure cbea4ab468 I wouldn’t be able 3bdcfccdc0 to get up tomorrow.bdcb76c152c5f63f

“The reason I called you here tonight is because I wanted to say thank you again.”6cb5e44b5dcd801a

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Cassius spoke in 231f4cf150 a low voice.b4562477a78fd83a

“You promised to save Theo.”85282d5fe9c47233

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His smile was 60adab7935 bitter, as if ee105febc0 he was lost 3f1ba95316 in old memories.
I, too, thought back ba717440c2 to when I first 41f25e644c arrived in this world.c8ededea5233fe3f

The dry air, a1a3351d6d the frozen atmosphere.
The cold distance 99b5f91cc1 between all of 040e4e62a8 us, as if 336677fefe we were walking 5cbd88bbe5 on thin ice.9b90000da5c12541

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We were all 1ca4375231 trapped in that 9d866a29d2 moment.c5e8ff1b651abb26

“And you kept that promise.”490e7c564912bcdb

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“I made a promise. And it was something I could do.”b134463ba9ee2f00

To be f041cacf7a more precise, 2bb23105fd saving Theo 4243a03ea2 was the 8250265b07 only thing 5e0eb29002 I could 81521de1b1 do.
I desperately wanted cdb9f9b0ac to save him.7458439eb75e876b

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Because if he fc4daf1783 died, I would d2f56f6c3c die too.8a14c4dc2ef5927f

“Really, thank you, Charlotte. If I ever made you upset or caused you trouble, I want to take this chance to apologize.”236af4652c900664

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“……It’s okay.”49762fb10630b76c

Actually, the one 6d8d87f360 who should be 47554d2418 receiving this apology 7d476d5122 wasn’t me, but 9d20e52f22 Charlotte, who wasn’t 28ae376f14 here right now.93f8d18f5c42e5a7

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Can you hear 67649551fb me, Charlotte?a909f1985163f108

I bet Charlotte also a20170fe82 had things she wanted ed956b9856 to say. It was 313fdc836b a little a9acfb75ed sad that 60fca234ac I couldn’t 16bf1da5e7 pass those da012f3e82 words on.0d1af02cbf4b8a22

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For a moment, f6614bd045 I thought about 1066c31629 things from Charlotte’s c160229b8e perspective.0213fb9211d46ce0

“……Thank you for not abandoning me, even in those difficult times.”bb672ddbec1740e6

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If Charlotte had thought about it logically, wouldn’t she have wanted to say something like this?c66c8ebe76c46157

Cassius hesitated for 4cf51f96e0 a moment and 536a2a05b8 looked at me.15bc09f5331abe58

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“My family has 18d6aff82e fallen, and I b3eb08bd70 can no longer cf5d28dbfc have children. Even so, you kept a2edb80a4c your promise to me.”2b381e650df5f949

“That’s because… 2866954d73 I made d06a4f1281 a vow. Our marriage oath.”8d7f5377022f566a

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“Still.”f42dfb2498167d51

How many people have 1a5aecb2ff broken their vows and 9b2648e927 acted recklessly? But Cassius silently kept 5627a4fb4b his promise, no matter 09acf4afb5 how crazy Charlotte had 69fab2aafa acted.6071e82089416f61

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That was something only 986142a84e Cassius could have done.cd54fa3f00ffeee9

“I apologize for 87ec8a1b69 all the terrible dcc05ad5e0 things I’ve done.”0e76491f206c0f0c

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Charlotte probably ec1bbe90fc would have d0208d2f5e wanted to 3109d32fff say this, 0fd2444944 too.e45298acfbfbe09e

Cassius gave me 563ab02533 a faint smile.
I could feel fe54b18a64 the tension between d7c3821c8c us slowly dissolving c3dae325d4 in silence.c15a154955adf221

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All it took 3e4c13c0fc was a few be27fb9b78 honest words.25e0773134f38b42

Because they hadn’t spoken 88ff401719 like this, Charlotte and 35a1b7c107 Cassius had been stuck af2126b879 in their resentment for af17fbd30c so long.f56e877b3d8e6659

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“If there’s anything you 3d1e5bc638 want, just tell me. If it’s 555ed44a68 something I 602061ee7c can do, 3d2b456dd1 I’ll make 5188c563a1 it happen.”479300f1addd8115

Cassius met my 4230a1879d eyes with a 8bf60d7b46 quiet, sincere gaze.8e825a9116685aa7

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Something I wanted.b5fe9a34c577b990

Of course, I 77844d7322 had something I df3362a418 wanted.ff182d662b186ff5

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My goal 361ddaeb2d from the a5eb55e554 start had 1a1198365f been a b1b481bd83 peaceful divorce b59d28b801 with a eea958997a fair settlement.992c8a5842c62c75

But now didn’t seem a0aae7c39f like the right time acc153ecf2 to bring it up.60401ae84a024317

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We had c39921391c just apologized d96b0d5c30 to each c57adc747d other, and f28f8ff0bd the atmosphere db80a02c96 was so c0532525bf calm. Besides, tomorrow we 9a5c34e0c9 were leaving for 2e8233880f the sea.f66e40867a60c29f

Saying something like 399b0fe9fb that now would da130861a4 only ruin the 680a244ecf mood.4ba0c365cb789c1f

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“Maybe Later. I’ll think 1c64d1d6cb about it 55e6ae3f36 a bit bfa6c8b93e more.”1620d43c3f399a6a

No matter how I 4a43fcf26e looked at it, after 8121e684bc Theo’s birthday seemed like f58dba5a21 the right time.b09088d41e0a9433

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I just had to 0fd30b4b74 keep my emotions in 170a4cf6ae check until then.e0fc8905bd0fb4a6

Besides, Lorencia was 8ea09b55d4 also coming on c3478d523a this trip.b969f82cb36f883a

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The nanny had 787eda1dc7 arranged for her d7f30b3ca7 to join us, 7874e47acf but I didn’t dbdfb7fb33 mind.48cb070708ad64be

In fact, having d8cb8dc46e Lorencia there might 5fb87f4499 actually help.efcbec8102b92498

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The more time e371cfb3a0 I spent with e45d2a3fd8 Cassius…2abf1d23f5d1c757

I couldn’t help but dc9ed70e3b be drawn to him. His charm 4222ff47e1 was undeniable.66a2e8032bb13f00

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Of course, 37161ea30b he was 4f4bbdcbda the male c197296a46 lead.2a52330a4195d407

He was irresistibly c7895fecf3 charming.bc46f5dc3fcff347

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He wasn’t the most eb10ecc9f7 delicate person, but he c96ac20b90 was honest, handsome, and 1eb8ced6fc responsible.3644ce946ea478bc

Wouldn’t he d47bae8f37 be considered ad2fae78d9 as a 85eff4b44f top-tier husband 96e147fd55 anywhere?f83e7b56403f3a7e

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If Lorencia 1f970710c3 stood firm 3154349e04 andmade her presence 8d602056f7 known, it would 53c038ee02 help me keep 393f57e780 my heart in 1f8297602d check.a37af5a257abfe9c

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