Chapter 330

Sarah broke down in tears as she spoke, her voice shaking. "Alex, do you know what I saw? I actually watched my dad kill my mom right in front of me... I saw all of it happen." "And I couldn’t do anything. Her eyes... she looked so hopeless, but I was completely useless..." Every word, every sob, hit hard. Alexander’s jaw clenched. He got it. That kind of helplessness — he knew it all too well. His own little brother had been swept away by the river right in front of him, and he couldn’t save him either. That gut-wrenching sense of powerlessness? No one understood it better than he did. But now… after so many years, he still didn’t know what to say that could truly comfort her. Maybe what mattered most right now was reminding Sarah she was never alone. That someone had always been by her side — him. And more than anything, he wanted her to know she could always talk to him, no matter what. Sarah clung tightly to the front of Alexander’s shirt, burying herself in his arms as she cried h