After I left, they begged for Forgiveness

Chapter 81- Family

One Year Later

The wind outside howled softly through the high-altitude hospital tower. Rain slid down the glass panels .

Above the horizon, a bruised sky threatened another storm, but inside Room 814, a new kind of silence lingered

Beeping monitors hummed steadily. A faint scent of antiseptic floated beneath a vase of fresh white roses, placed on the windowsill beside an untouched bowl of oranges.

Elijah Quinn stirred.

His breath hitched.

Then, with a low groan, his eyes fluttered open.

Everything was blurry at first like waking from a dream that had stolen more than just time. His limbs ached. His throat was dry. But as the fog in his vision cleared, two figures sharpened at the foot of the bed.

And then

“Dad!”

A blur of dark hair and a familiar voice rushed into his arms.

Livia.

She threw herself into him, nearly knocking the breath from his lungs. Her arms wrapped tightly around his ribs. For a second, Elijah winced from the impact, a jolt of pain rippling across his c