Her Father Forced Her to Marry a Widowed Man in the Mountains — But She Never Expected to Find a Place She Could Truly Call Home

it.

Because she deserved peace.

When she got back to the cabin, Caleb was waiting on the porch.

He didn’t ask too many questions. He just opened his arms, and Ellie stepped into them.

That evening, Mia — taller now, wiser, nearly grown — sat beside Ellie by the fire.

“Mom,” she said softly, “were you scared when you first came here?”

Ellie smiled sadly.

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