19 septembre 2026

The four girls ch0se a stranger as their father—then their m0ther revealed why Mercer wanted their family 10025

I could have stood.

A few years earlier, I probably would have.

Men in my world understood certain gestures, and standing was one of them.

It meant the conversation had changed.

But these children did not need a demonstration of power.

They needed the room to become ordinary again.

So I stayed seated.

Mercer stopped beside my table and looked down at me.

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