MY 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER DESTROYED A MAFIA BOSS’S SON’S BIRTHDAY CAKE—THEN SHE SCREAMED, “DON’T EAT IT!”
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Chapter 14 / 15
Chapter 14 - GRACE LEAVES THE ESTATE
Dominic assumed Grace would stay.
He increased her salary.
Offered private security.
A separate cottage.
School funding for Lily.
Grace said no.
Dominic stared.
“After everything, you think I’d let anyone touch Lily?”
Grace answered:
“That’s not what safe means.”
He remembered those words.
Safety was not a powerful man promising revenge.
Safety was a system where a toddler did not need to save another child.
Grace resigned.
Dominic did not threaten her.
That was growth.
He arranged independent security for her first month away.
Paid through a transparent contract she could cancel.
No strings.
Ethan cried when Lily left.
Lily gave him a toy lion.
Then pointed at his snack.
“Good?”
May you like
Ethan laughed.
“Good.”
