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The Pup He Never Knew
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00:00I was just a lowly human hybrid orphan.
00:02He was Alpha King's firstborn.
00:04His mother, the Luna Queen, stripped him of everything.
00:06The Queen cast him out of the palace.
00:07He sacrificed everything because of me.
00:09The moment you chose that human, you ceased to be a prince of the royal blood.
00:11I hereby revoke your title and strip your wolf of every gift the crown ever gave you.
00:15But in the year he loved me most, I bowed my head to the Queen.
00:19Million dollar deal.
00:22Terminate the pup in your womb and leave Kale forever.
00:25I agreed.
00:35He knelt outside the altar, pounding on the stone gate, begging me over and over.
00:48Laya, I'll earn a million.
00:49Ten million.
00:50I'll awaken my wolf power again and prove I am not useless.
00:54Please, don't do this to our pup.
00:57I lay on the altar, biting my lips so hard I couldn't make a sound.
01:08I'll hate you forever.
01:09He didn't know.
01:10The only reason I bowed to the Queen was to save his life.
01:14Six years later, we met again at the ball.
01:16Can't you do anything right?
01:18You're slowing us down.
01:19I wore a server's uniform.
01:21My manager kept yelling at me.
01:23He was the crown prince.
01:25Everyone's center of attention.
01:27Did you hear that Lila's here?
01:28Is that why you came?
01:29The crown prince can have any woman he wants.
01:31Why would he want a hybrid who betrayed him?
01:33He didn't answer any of them, but he came up to me.
01:38Lyra, don't you want to say something to me?
01:43I want to know if you could be kindly enough to lend me some money.
01:50Congratulations.
01:54Lyra, don't come to my wedding.
01:57My fiancé wouldn't like it.
02:03Doesn't her smile look like yours, Lyra?
02:05Do you regret it?
02:07They didn't know.
02:08I had secretly given birth to Kale's pup.
02:10That pup was sick.
02:12His hybrid blood was unstable.
02:13He was dying.
02:15That year was the poorest, hardest year of my life.
02:20I worked myself ragged to get Theo the best treatment,
02:23to make sure he didn't hurt so much.
02:25For money, I worked as a server at Balls during the day,
02:28and I poured drinks at nightclubs until I vomited blood.
02:35I thought I'd never see Kale again after that ball,
02:38until Bianca showed up.
02:40You're Lyra?
02:41The hybrid who betrayed Prince Kale?
02:43Miss, do you want a drink?
02:44If not, could you please mind your own business?
02:45Fine.
02:46Drink this whole bottle.
02:47I'll give you $100,000.
02:48That's the strongest wolf's fan liquor.
02:50One bottle could put you in the hospital.
02:52Girls, we just come for a look.
02:54Though Kale said I'm too innocent that Lyra might bully me,
02:56but I'm fine.
02:58You said finish the bottle, I get $100,000?
03:03Then I put the bottle to my lips and drank.
03:06Everyone stared.
03:07They couldn't believe I'd throw my life away for money.
03:10Lyra, how could you do this to yourself?
03:12Kale hates people who have no shame and do anything for money.
03:16I finished the bottle and my stomach burned like fire.
03:20Where's the money?
03:21What Kale likes or hates has nothing to do with me.
03:24Just give me what you promised.
03:27Lyra, to be honest, $100,000 is nothing to me.
03:30I could give it to anyone, but I can't give it to you.
03:33It's for your own good.
03:33I can't watch you keep destroying yourself.
03:35Yeah, I'm not giving you anything.
03:38What are you going to do about it?
03:39I smiled coldly.
03:40Then I raised my hand and smashed the bottle.
03:42Shards of glass cut into Bianca's leg.
03:45Blood seeped through her skin.
03:46The door opened.
03:47Kale stood there.
03:48His eyes were ice cold.
03:49He was the last one I wanted to see me this way.
03:52Bianca's tears fell instantly.
03:54The girls who'd been laughing went silent.
04:05Lyra, you're bullying my woman in front of me?
04:08You want money?
04:09Apologize first.
04:11It didn't matter.
04:12For money, I'd do anything.
04:13Bianca hid in his arms and smiled at me.
04:16I picked up a piece of broken glass and cut myself.
04:22Give me the money.
04:25Lyra, this isn't because I owe you.
04:27I just don't want to be as desperate as you.
04:30Lyra, doesn't that hurt?
04:32Can't you survive without obsessing over money?
04:34I've always been a lowly hybrid who loves money.
04:37Mind your own business.
04:38And keep your woman away from me.
04:46Kale's eyes were cold.
04:48Dangerous.
04:50My words reminded him of the past.
04:52He gave up everything for me.
04:53But I bowed to the queen.
04:54Betrayed him.
04:54I turned to leave.
04:56He threw me over his shoulder and carried me out.
04:59Then he threw me into his car.
05:01Pinned my legs.
05:02Grabbed my face.
05:04Sometime.
05:05I really want to kill you.
05:06His face said he hated me.
05:08But as his eyes betrayed how much he still loved me.
05:11My stomach burned.
05:12I glared at him through the cold sweat.
05:14He opened the glove compartment and pulled out a pill.
05:17My old stomach medicine.
05:22Six years.
05:23He still remembered my stomach problems.
05:26Even when I was gone, he kept medicine ready.
05:29I saw what else was in there.
05:31My hair clips.
05:31The broken hair ties I used to wear.
05:34And a bracelet that I'd braided by hand.
05:36Everything I'd left behind.
05:38All of it.
05:39Keeping him company for six years.
05:41My tears fell.
05:43Don't be pathetic, Kale.
05:45I've already moved on.
05:46I have a mate and a pup.
05:48But I so stop harassing away.
05:50He stumbled back.
05:52As I tried to leave, he pinned me against the car, voice shrieking.
05:57I don't believe you.
05:59Tell me you're joking, or I'll make you regret it.
06:01Fine.
06:02I'll prove it.
06:07Ten at night, the hospital ward was still lit.
06:12I took Kale to the window, pointed at a small boy reading quietly.
06:16That's my pup.
06:19His name was Theo.
06:20My heart.
06:22He looked like me, but his personality was Kale's.
06:24Sweet, gentle, and a little stubborn.
06:26He was almost six years old, and he was skinny, small, and sick due to unstable hybrid.
06:30But he was such a brave boy.
06:32He had been enduring the pain that almost broke my heart.
06:34Kale stared at him for a long, long time.
06:39Then he punched the bell.
06:42He lowered his head, as if hiding the fall of his tears.
06:46I'd never seen him so broken.
06:49That night, his last words to me were,
06:52Lyra, you've got guts.
06:57He didn't ask who the pup's father was.
07:00He didn't recognize his own blood.
07:03After that, Kale never came to find me.
07:17It said he took Bianca to meet the queen.
07:20The queen loved her.
07:21Kale said he'd marry no one else.
07:23This had nothing to do with me.
07:24I still came back to my normal day shift, serving at the balls.
07:26Bianca is so kind.
07:27She hurt Lyons more and wants to help her.
07:29My heart pounded.
07:30A bad feeling.
07:32I rushed to the hospital.
07:34Bianca was already there.
07:36I heard your father doesn't want you or your mother.
07:39Is that true?
07:44Your mother is so pathetic.
07:47She drinks with rogues and humans every night to pay for your treatment.
07:51She's so dirty.
07:52You're lying.
07:53My mother isn't dirty.
07:55We don't want your money.
07:56Get out.
07:57I ran inside, shaking with rage.
07:59Bianca saw me and frowned.
08:01Lyia, look at your pup.
08:02I was just trying to help him understand how hard you worked.
08:06Then, twice, I dragged her into the hallway.
08:09Bianca!
08:11You just had to come for me, didn't you?
08:13Kale didn't want to help.
08:14I said I'd feel guilty if we didn't.
08:17Now that you've hit me, he's going to be so angry at you.
08:19She'd come to show off.
08:20Bianca, you want Kale?
08:22Take him.
08:22I don't care.
08:23But you couldn't leave it at that, could you?
08:25If you ever come near my pup again, I'll tell Kale one thing.
08:28The pup I gave birth to?
08:29His blood runs through those veins.
08:31Guess if he'll still want to marry you?
08:33Now get in there.
08:35Apologize to my son.
08:36And get out.
08:38Kale stepped out of the room and pushed me aside.
08:40I hit the wall.
08:41Hezmael down at me.
08:43Lyia, since when do I need your permission to marry someone?
08:47Who do you think you are?
08:51Theo ran out barefoot.
08:52He stood in front of me and glared up at Kale.
08:54Kale looked down at him and smiled coldly.
08:56You're just as pathetic as your mother.
08:58I watched Theo's eyes go red.
09:00Under his pillow, he kept a photo of Kale.
09:03He'd always known he was his father.
09:05On the worst nights of his sickness, he'd dream his father came back.
09:11Father misses me so much.
09:12He cries for me.
09:15He's coming home.
09:16He won't let mommy be sad anymore.
09:18But the dream was over.
09:19You're just as pathetic as your mother.
09:21Kale didn't look at him again.
09:23Take this.
09:23He threw me a card.
09:24Treat your pup.
09:26But don't forget to thank my future Luna.
09:28Then he turned and walked away.
09:30Bianca in his arms.
09:31Theo watched him go.
09:32Father.
09:34Held back his tears.
09:35Mommy, Theo doesn't want a father anymore.
09:39He started coughing.
09:40Blood.
09:40Mouthful after mouthful.
09:42On the floor.
09:42On me.
09:43On Kale's photo in his little hands.
09:44Mommy isn't dirty.
09:45Mommy is clean.
09:46Theo made a mess of mommy's clothes.
09:48Mommy, throw me away so you don't need work so hard.
09:52Theo!
09:52Nurses rushed around me, taking him from my arms.
09:54I looked up.
09:55Kale was running back, tears streaming down his face.
09:57Lyra, did he just call me father?
10:01The emergency room door slammed shut.
10:03The red light went on.
10:04I collapsed to the floor.
10:06Kale tried to pick me up.
10:07I grabbed his hand and bit down.
10:08He didn't pull away.
10:10I tasted blood.
10:11Kale!
10:12Why did you come back?
10:13Why won't you just leave me alone?
10:14Because I'm fucking dying without you!
10:16He shouted back.
10:17Because I can't stop caring about you.
10:18I don't want your care.
10:19I was doing fine on my own.
10:20Just fine.
10:21You call that fine?
10:22Begging for money and serving drinks until you vomit blood?
10:24You call that fine?
10:24He grabbed my shoulders.
10:26Besides, you're the one who betrayed me.
10:29How dare you question me?
10:30He wanted an answer.
10:32Then I gave him one.
10:33That year, Kale gave up everything to be with me.
10:35The crown prince became a packless rogue.
10:37We lived in poverty.
10:38No one would hire him.
10:40Everyone shut him out.
10:41So he took a construction job without telling me.
10:43Every night, he came home exhausted.
10:45But his eyes were still soft when he looked at me.
10:47We'll have our house.
10:48We'll get married, have pups, and grow old together.
10:51I'll never let you be sad.
10:54Later, I got pregnant.
10:55But he fell from a high floor in construction.
10:58After being deprived of his royal bloodshed power,
11:00this time, injuries may severely harm his body.
11:03He might not be able to walk again.
11:07Kale was so proud.
11:09Being broken would be worse than death.
11:11I went to beg the Luna Queen.
11:13She looked at me with disgust.
11:15A broken wolf?
11:16Let him die.
11:17The royal family doesn't need waste.
11:19I knelt at her feet.
11:21Banged my forehead on the floor until it bled.
11:23Kale is no longer my son.
11:25Why should I spend resources to save a weak, broken wolf?
11:29I looked up at her.
11:30Blood running down my face.
11:31She was enjoying this.
11:33She was forcing me to break.
11:34And I could only let her win.
11:35I'll give up, Kale.
11:37Terminate the pup.
11:38And leave forever.
11:40Theo is your pup.
11:41Your blood is dying.
11:42Are you happy now?
11:43How could you lie to me?
11:45How could you let my pup suffer like this?
11:47I slapped him across the face.
11:48Kale, what was I supposed to do?
11:52Let you lose everything again?
11:54Let the Queen destroy me and Theo?
11:56There are things in this world more important than love.
11:58I don't want you anymore.
12:00Why can't you just leave me alone?
12:01My pup could have been saved.
12:03He was so good.
12:04So brave.
12:05He never cried during treatment.
12:07The doctors said he would be fine.
12:09Then Kale came back.
12:10And Bianca.
12:10And they ruined everything.
12:14Theo survived.
12:15But he fell into a coma.
12:16No one knew if he would ever wake up.
12:18I sat by his bed.
12:19And in the corner of my eye, I saw Bianca smiling.
12:23Laia, if you had told me sooner, I could have brought your pup with us.
12:26You could call me mother and didn't have to suffer like this.
12:28She thought she had won.
12:30Theo was as good as dead.
12:31This became a wound that would never heal between Kale and me.
12:34She thought I would never forgive him.
12:36She thought she would be his Luna.
12:38She forgot something.
12:39The only reason I gave up Kale before was because I wanted peace.
12:42But when everyone knew about Theo, no one was going to let me live in peace.
12:46If no one would let me have peace, then no one would.
12:50Bianca, you shut up and leave.
12:52I've been by your side for years.
12:54I became whatever you wanted.
12:56I love you more than her.
12:57Don't throw me away.
13:00I changed my mind.
13:01Marry me.
13:02Make me your Luna.
13:04Give me everything you have.
13:06Bianca's face went gray.
13:09The next day, Kale broke off an engagement.
13:12I moved out of my cheap rental and into his estate.
13:15We came and went together.
13:16Everyone could see.
13:17Someone posted my photo online.
13:19Soon, everyone knew I was Kale's first love.
13:22He loved her like crazy.
13:23But she betrayed him while she was pregnant with his pup.
13:25They said I took the Queen's deal.
13:27Terminated the pup.
13:28Then secretly gave birth and came back to threaten him when he was about to marry someone else.
13:32Everyone felt sorry for Bianca.
13:35Beautiful.
13:35Pure blood.
13:36The right match for the crown prince.
13:38Called me lowborn.
13:39Scheming.
13:40Disgusting.
13:41I listened to it all.
13:43Silence.
13:44Hate was at its peak.
13:45I released the recording.
13:47Six years ago.
13:48Conversation with the Queen.
13:50Voice.
13:51Clear as day.
13:51A broken wolf?
13:52Let him die.
13:53The royal family doesn't need waste.
13:56Kale is no longer my son.
13:57Why should I spend resources to save a worthless broken wolf?
14:01The million dollar deal.
14:04Terminate the pup in your womb and leave Kale forever.
14:06The kingdom exploded.
14:08Everyone talked about the Queen's cruelty.
14:10And the hybrid girl who sacrificed everything to save the one she loved.
14:14The royal family's reputation crumbled.
14:16The council demanded Kale leave me immediately.
14:19Kale just laughed.
14:20In front of everyone.
14:21Reputation.
14:22I don't care about reputation.
14:24And Lyra?
14:25I'm marrying her no matter what.
14:27The Queen couldn't stay away.
14:29She came with Bianca.
14:31Six years.
14:32I hadn't seen her since that day.
14:34She looked older.
14:35Tired.
14:36The council had been pressuring her so that she hadn't slept well.
14:39I welcomed her like the lady of the house.
14:41Smiled.
14:41And left Bianca outside the door.
14:43Bianca screamed after me.
14:45Lyra!
14:46You're stealing Kale from me!
14:47A lowborn like you will never marry into the royal!
14:50The Queen waved her hand impatiently.
14:52Bianca was dragged out and the door was closed.
14:54I picked up a peeled orange from the table.
14:57Smiled at Queen.
14:59Kale peeled it for me.
14:59She laughed bitterly.
15:01Lyra.
15:01I underestimated you.
15:03All these years.
15:05You came back for revenge?
15:07She paused.
15:07Then she tried to reason with it.
15:09The royal family will survive this.
15:12But you are nothing.
15:14You'd better take the money.
15:16Leave with your pup and find your own peace.
15:19Years ago, that might have worked.
15:20Now I knew.
15:21The second I left Kale, someone would tear me apart.
15:24I smiled.
15:25Your skills are not what they used to be.
15:27You're old.
15:28Your grip on power is slipping.
15:31It must be uncomfortable, isn't it?
15:33Her face tritched.
15:35Lyra, you think Kale can protect you?
15:37I destroyed you once.
15:38I can do it again.
15:39I finished my orange.
15:40Calmly.
15:41It's fine.
15:42I can wait.
15:42Wait for what?
15:43For you to agree to let me marry Kale.
15:45For that day until you close your eyes and die.
15:47And can no longer make decisions.
15:48She couldn't believe I would say something so cruel.
15:51She clutched her head.
15:52Trembled.
15:53Collapped on the sofa.
15:54Come.
15:54I called for someone to take her back to the palace.
15:56She never understood.
15:57Marrying Kale was never the point.
15:58I just wanted everyone to be as miserable as I was.
16:01Later, I heard the queen suffered a blood reversal.
16:03She lived.
16:04But she was paralyzed.
16:05The doctor said she might recover with treatment.
16:07They looked to Kale for a decision.
16:09He lit a cigarette.
16:10Stood by her bed.
16:11Looked down at her.
16:12When he finished the cigarette, he said calmly.
16:15Why should I spend resources to save a worthless broken wolf?
16:18Kale never forgot a grudge.
16:20Years ago, she had said those words to him.
16:23Today, he gave them back.
16:26Two years later, Kale finally married me.
16:29His mother was right.
16:30Even without her, there were plenty trying to keep me out of the royal family.
16:33He fought for me at all risks.
16:35Took control of the kingdom piece by piece.
16:37Sometimes I watched him and felt tired for him.
16:40Was it worth it?
16:41I asked.
16:42He said he just wanted to prove something.
16:44That I was the same as before.
16:45That I loved you the same.
16:47And that I would give you everything.
16:50Lyra, I never changed.
16:52I looked into his tired eyes.
16:54And remembered the old days.
16:55Our tiny home.
16:56Nothing to our names.
16:58But his eyes always smiled.
16:59Bright as stars.
17:01Maybe mouths can lie.
17:02But love doesn't.
17:04We should have said goodbye forever at that reunion.
17:06But he wouldn't let me go.
17:08Now there was no turning back.
17:10He asked me.
17:11Lyra, are we finally going to be happy?
17:14I kissed him.
17:16Smiled.
17:16Don't be silly.
17:18Kale had forgotten.
17:19Theo never woke up.
17:20He stayed six years old forever.
17:22Kale.
17:22Let's just torture each other for the rest of our lives.
17:27Our story was rewritten in the kingdom.
17:29A broken mate bond.
17:30Mended.
17:31A royal love story.
17:32I wore the title of Luna Queen.
17:34Moved among the nobles.
17:35No powerful family background to support, but I was smart.
17:38I learned in five years what took others 20.
17:41Power is a good thing.
17:42I heard about Bianca at a banquet.
17:44Her family had fallen.
17:46She married a royal cousin 20 years older.
17:48Stepmother to three pups.
17:50Power is cruel.
17:51There are few women as impressive as you.
17:53I just got lucky.
17:55Found someone who never stopped loving me.
17:57But luck?
17:58It wasn't really that good.
18:00I returned to the palace at 2 in the morning.
18:02Kale was already asleep.
18:03On his shirt, I saw lipstick.
18:05A she-wolf's.
18:06He'd been careless lately.
18:07I pretended not to notice.
18:10Showered.
18:11Got into bed.
18:12Just as I was falling asleep, he asked,
18:14Laya, why aren't you angry?
18:18I turned around.
18:19He was watching me.
18:20His eyes were dark.
18:21Searching my face for something.
18:23A crack.
18:23A sign that I still cared.
18:25I kissed him gently.
18:26Men are all the same, aren't they?
18:27Can't appreciate what they have once they have it.
18:32Kale, you've given me everything you thought I wanted once.
18:35I'm not greedy.
18:35I stopped wanting your love a long time ago.
18:38He laughed quietly.
18:39Sadness in his voice.
18:40When I turned away, he pressed me down.
18:43Grabbed my face.
18:45Kissed me hard.
18:46Fine, Lyra.
18:47Let's just torture each other forever.
18:49That night, neither of us spoke.
18:51In the dark, I heard his breathing.
18:53Soft.
18:53Like he was afraid of waking something.
18:55I knew what he was thinking.
18:56How did we end up like this?
18:58I was thinking about it too.
18:59Was the boy who gave up his everything for me the same one who came back with lipstick on his
19:03collar?
19:04Maybe.
19:05We'd both changed.
19:06Or maybe we hadn't.
19:08Maybe love just got broken.
19:09Mixed with hate.
19:11With blood.
19:12With the past, we could never get back.
19:14The next morning, he was already gone.
19:16On the bedside table, there were flowers and a note.
19:19I'm sorry.
19:20About Theo.
19:21I held that note for a long time.
19:24Sorry.
19:25I'd waited six years to hear that one.
19:27Now that I had it, I didn't know what to hear.
19:29I put the note in the drawer.
19:31With the hair clips.
19:32The hair ties.
19:33The handmade bracelet.
19:35Everything I'd left behind.
19:36Everything he'd kept.
19:38After that, Kyle changed.
19:39He came back early.
19:41No more lipstick.
19:42On weekends, he took me to Moon Lake.
19:43We sat in silence.
19:45Once he asked me-
19:45Lyra, do you remember our old place?
19:49Of course I remembered.
19:51Small, north-facing windows.
19:53Freezing in winter.
19:54But his eyes were bright then.
19:55Like stars.
19:57I bought it.
19:57I stared at him.
19:58That broken place?
19:59Why?
20:00He looked at me.
20:00Because it's the only place I was ever happy.
20:03With you.
20:05I didn't say anything.
20:08I want to take Theo there.
20:10He said.
20:10The room went quiet.
20:11His eyes were red.
20:13Lyra.
20:14I never saw him alive.
20:16I never held him.
20:17I never heard him call me father.
20:19Except that day.
20:21When he was choking on blood.
20:23His voice was shaking.
20:25I want to see his room.
20:26I want to know which bed he slept in.
20:27I want to know where he sat when he drew.
20:30I was silent for a long time.
20:32Then I said,
20:33Okay.
21:02I took him to the place where Theo once lived.
21:04Yes.
21:05He never saw you.
21:06But he knew your photo.
21:09He knew me.
21:10He kept your photo under his pillow.
21:13Kale's tears fell.
21:15He didn't make a sound.
21:16Just stood there.
21:18Tears running down his face.
21:19I leaned against the door frame and watched.
21:22Didn't go to him.
21:23Some things you have to carry alone.
21:25He stayed in that room for a long time.
21:27When he came out, his eyes were red.
21:29Lila.
21:30I want to see him.
21:31I knew he meant Theo's grave.
21:34Okay.
21:35Theo's grave was in a quiet place.
21:37The cemetery was small, but the sun was good.
21:39Wind came over the hill.
21:41It smelled like grass.
21:42Kale knelt in front of the grave.
21:44Touched Theo's photo.
21:46Tail.
21:46Father came to see you.
21:48His voice was soft.
21:49Like he was afraid of waking him.
21:52Father is sorry.
21:54Father should have found you sooner.
21:56Wind lifted the petals.
21:57They landed on his shoulder.
21:59He didn't move.
22:00Father loves you.
22:01From the day I knew about you,
22:03I loved you.
22:05I stood behind him and listened.
22:07My eyes burned, but I didn't cry.
22:09The day Theo died, I thought I'd used up all my tears.
22:13Kale stood up.
22:14Turned to me.
22:15Lyra, do you hate me?
22:18I thought about it.
22:19I did.
22:21And now?
22:22I looked at Theo's photo.
22:23He was smiling.
22:24Eyes bright.
22:26Like the first time I took him to see fireworks.
22:28No, Theo wouldn't want me to hate anyone.
22:31Kale reached out.
22:33Took my hand.
22:34His hand was cold.
22:35Shaking.
22:36I didn't pull away.
22:38On the way back from the cemetery, the car was quiet.
22:41Kale drove.
22:42I watched the window.
22:43After a long time, he said,
22:45Lyra, can we start over?
22:48I thought about it.
22:49Really thought about it.
22:52Kale, there's no starting over for us.
22:56His hands tightened on the wheel.
22:58Theo is gone.
22:59Those six years are gone.
23:01There's too much between us.
23:02Hate.
23:03Lies.
23:04Blood.
23:05Death.
23:05He said quietly.
23:06We're still here.
23:08Yeah.
23:09We're still here.
23:13I turned to look at him.
23:15His profile looked like Theo's.
23:17Stubborn jaw.
23:18Tight lips.
23:20I don't hate you anymore, Kale.
23:22But I don't know if we can ever go back to how we were.
23:25He was quiet for a moment.
23:27Then we'll take it slow.
23:29I didn't answer.
23:31The car pulled into the estate.
23:33Parked under the old oak tree.
23:34He didn't get out.
23:36I didn't either.
23:37Sunlight filtered through the leaves.
23:39Patchy.
23:39Soft.
23:40He said,
23:40Lyra, thank you.
23:43For what?
23:44For giving birth to Theo.
23:46For raising him alone.
23:48For not terminating him.
23:51He was my pup, I said.
23:53I would never hurt him.
23:55I know.
23:56So thank you.
23:57We sat there.
23:58Neither of us moved.
23:59The sun was good outside the window.
24:01I remembered what Theo said.
24:03Mommy, Theo will watch you from heaven.
24:05He's smiling, I thought.
24:06He must be smiling.
24:07He was smiling.
24:07He's smiling.
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