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If I hadn\u2019t insisted on planting hydrangeas that morning, I would have never noticed the man moving into the house next door. At first, he seemed like any ordinary neighbor\u2014but something about him stopped my heart. The way he walked, the shape of his jaw, the tilt of his head\u2026 it all felt eerily familiar.<\/p>\n
It couldn\u2019t be. Gabriel, my first love, had died thirty years ago in a fire that was supposed to take us both. But days later, he knocked on my door with a basket of muffins, and I saw it: the scar on his arm\u2014a distorted infinity symbol matching the tattoo we once shared.<\/p>\n
\u201cGabe?\u201d I whispered. His smile faltered. \u201cYou weren\u2019t supposed to recognize me, Sammie.\u201d<\/p>\n
What he revealed next shattered everything I thought I knew. The fire wasn\u2019t an accident. His powerful family had staged his death, controlling his life for decades while he struggled with injuries and memory loss.<\/p>\n
Now, Gabriel was back\u2014and his mother still expected him to stay silent. For years, I had believed grief had stolen my future. But standing beside him again, I realized something powerful: the past no longer owned us. Together, we decided to expose the truth and reclaim the lives that were stolen from us. This time, no one could erase our story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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