I always knew a time like this would come, only I never imagined it would be this soon. I had foreseen it. I was certain it was inevitable. I had even warned Aldrich about it. And now, here he was, standing right in the middle of it all, faced with a choice that could shatter everything we had built.

He didn’t look like a man who needed time to think. His eyes already carried the decision. And somehow, I wasn’t afraid of what it might be. I wasn’t worried that he would choose his son over me. I knew where his heart was. I had always known.

But the aftermath?...