Chapter 8 - A Family Nobody Expected
Months passed.
Adrian's company recovered.
The illegal research program was shut down.
The victims were compensated.
The nursing home was saved from demolition.
Adrian bought the property personally.
He turned it into a community care center.
He named it:
Walter House.
Lily became director.
She still carried a canvas bag.
Only now, it was filled with supplies purchased by the foundation.
One afternoon, Adrian watched her enter the building.
He smiled.
Ellie ran beside her.
Baby Walter slept in a stroller.
Adrian realized something.
The woman he had once suspected of stealing from him had given him something money never could.
A family.
Not a perfect family.
A real one.
Then he proposed.
Not with a diamond worth a fortune.
He gave Lily a simple ring.
“I don't want to buy your future.”
He knelt.
“I want to share it.”
Lily cried.
“Yes.”
Ellie screamed.
“Mommy said yes!”
People inside Walter House applauded.
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Adrian laughed.
For once, he didn't care who saw him cry.
