Chapter 94: A New Beginning or the End of Something?

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The trauma of abandonment had haunted me my entire life, even though I couldn’t quite understand why, given that I had wonderful parents.

But scattering Evelyn Delaney’s ashes into the sea had, in some way, helped me to overcome this feeling I’d always carried inside.

It was both painful and liberating. Despite taking the whole afternoon, I managed to say goodbye to her and to speak all the