Slowly, life blossomed again. The twins returned to school, made friends, and rediscovered their hobbies. Daniel came by often, filling the house with laughter and snacks. Michael adjusted his schedule so he could be home before and after school every day.
He also helped Maddie and her mother find stability and proper medical care. He insisted it wasn’t charity.
One evening, after Michael tucked the twins into bed, Ava looked up and said, “If you had stopped coming to the memorial garden… Maddie wouldn’t have seen you.”
Michael brushed a tear from her cheek. “I could never stop showing up for you,” he said gently. “Not then, not ever.”
The girls wrapped their arms around him, holding tight. In that moment, something inside him settled. The ache he had carried for years finally eased.
A Saturday of Peace
Years later, on a warm afternoon, Michael sat in his backyard watching Ava and Lily splash in the pool, their laughter rising into the air. They were healthy, joyful, and completely alive in the world he feared he had lost.
He realized he no longer carried the image of marble stones or lilies in his heart. Those markers had been symbols of confusion and sorrow—chapters that no longer defined his life.
His daughters were here. Growing. Thriving. Safe.
Michael stepped inside, opened a drawer, and found the last reminder of those painful years: an old receipt for the lilies he used to bring every weekend. He tore it into pieces, letting them fall silently into the trash.
That chapter was finished.
The next chapter belonged entirely to the living.
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