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Emma shifted closer to her mother, adjusting the blanket again, small hands moving with care that felt far too practiced for someone her age.

“You don’t have to stay,” Clara whispered weakly, her eyes barely open now. “We’ve already caused enough trouble for people like you.”

Rocco turned his head slightly.

“What kind of people is that?” he asked, his voice quieter than before, almost tired, like something inside him had begun to crack.

Clara didn’t answer right away.

Her breathing came shallow, uneven, like every word had to fight its way out through pain and exhaustion she could no longer hide.

“The kind who don’t come back,” she finally said. “The kind who help once, then disappear when things get complicated.”

Rocco felt that sentence land harder than any accusation.

Because she wasn’t wrong.

For years, he had built a life on control, distance, and calculated decisions, never allowing himself to stay long enough to witness consequences that couldn’t be fixed with money.

Emma looked between them again, her small face tense with uncertainty.

“Are you leaving?” she asked, her voice careful, like she was preparing herself for the answer before hearing it.

Rocco didn’t respond immediately.

Instead, he walked slowly toward the cracked window again, watching the rain streak down the glass, distorting the outside world into something blurred and unreachable.

There was a time when choices were simple.

Protect your power.