Chapter 479

"Where do you want to go? If you don’t have a specific place in mind, then just come with me. You promised to help me," Simon said, his face expressionless as he glanced at Eleanor, his tone calm and detached. Eleanor was momentarily stunned by the question. Where did she want to go? Truthfully, she didn’t have an answer. After longing for so many years to return to Chicago, the reality of standing in the very city she had dreamed of felt almost surreal. Yet, instead of relief, all she felt was a strange sense of displacement. She had no one to visit, no place she yearned to see. The city was vast, alive, and yet utterly foreign. An awkward silence stretched between them until a small voice broke through her thoughts. "Mommy, does this mean we’ll get to see Daddy now?" Little Lilly’s round, innocent eyes sparkled with curiosity and hope as she looked up at her mother. Beside her, Leo turned his gaze toward Eleanor, his dark eyes reflecting the same unspoken question. Both children had