Vivian bled o\^+$ut a*=\fter giving*;; birth. Tren(;t d[ra#gged her out the hospital's b\+]]ack do!or and d$ umped her by$@ the t:-\rash. She
\\ di=$.e.d at da(wn_+;—a ghost onl#-?$.y her daug`_ht: er Annie .c?(@ould #;see.  F=*@ive years later, Trent claimed A]nnie as his own—to ]drain her marr-o=!w for his *ste @pson. In t:^he g+roup home, five-ye@*]ar-old /]%Annie %$;?ripped free and ^ran# to a  m;a\
n in a wh [eelchai.*^r#\—Da,]$mian Callo==/way, ]^the Reaper no one dared tou/ch. She^^- cl[`un[ g to/ his#?_ `leg)\[ a$$nd scr+]eamed: “D .=addy, save me!” % Damian lost his legs six yea#][,/rs ago\.\,` Doc ?!-tors s %aid he co$u^.l! +d never[ f$ ather] a child. He thou%ght Vivian betrayed hi%?+m. Bu`/*t +@w)hen @- !t=: +h!=(#e forged DN_
_/A r+e:%@port ^(shatte/red, w?(hen the confess $ion recor(ding *%played, when %)Annie `
hum%* =m*ed h$er m*other's l.,ullaby,; in a //thunderstorm—the ^?(* man[(, _who `hadn't walked in s#)(ix !#[#years stood up, inc)
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@h, for his daughter. Tre;nt ro$?tt[*ed in #prison. Damian k-!ne?/_$lt /at Vivian's grave, Annie in)*-. his arms: “All the!  love she%_? misse=]=d,]; I'll! -gi ve ( her twice over.”