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After the divorce, I had no one left to lean on. Because of the child growing inside me, I swallowed my pride and did every job I could find. On the day I went into labor, I drove myself to the hospital, trembling through every red light. Minutes after my baby cried for the first time, the doctor looked down at him—and suddenly broke into tears. “This… this can’t be possible,” he whispered. / Chapter 9 / 10

Chapter 9 - The New Horizon

A year later.

The New Horizon Airport Terminal opened its doors to the public three months ahead of schedule. The architecture community from around the world gathered in the main concourse, marveling at the towering, glass-and-steel structure that seemed to float effortlessly above the ground—a design made completely safe by the Brooks-Vale Structural Framework.

At the center of the terminal stood a beautiful bronze plaque. It didn't read Vale Development. It read: The Brooks-Vale Gateway. Designed by Nora Brooks.

I stood beneath the vaulted ceilings, holding Leo’s hand as he took his first, unsteady steps across the polished granite floor. Samuel stood beside us, a proud smile warming his weathered face, his arm resting gently around my shoulders like a true father.

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"You built something beautiful here, Nora," Samuel said softly.

"We built it together, Samuel," I smiled, watching Leo laugh as a shadow of a plane passed over the skylight.

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