CHAPTER FIVE

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:35:41 +0000

I stood in the room, waiting. It was nearly 12:45 a.m., the kind of hour when the house should be quiet, but the kids were still wide awake. Adi was fidgeting, playing with his phone, but Naintara... she was somewhere else entirely. When she laughed, the whole of my world lit up - her and Adi filled the space between us like nothing else could.