PART 5 — The Collapse
As the officers guided Frank back down the steps, he turned one last time.
“You think this is over?” he said loudly. “You think you can erase your family?”
I walked closer to the door.
“I didn’t erase you,” I said. “You did that when you stopped seeing me as your daughter and started seeing me as a resource.”
His expression flickered.
That one hit.
But pride didn’t let him fall quietly.
“You’ll regret this,” he said.
Ryan stepped beside me.
“No,” Ryan said calmly. “She won’t.”
Frank looked at both of us—like he was trying to find the version of reality where he still mattered.
Then the officers escorted him away.
The street went quiet again.
Too quiet.
PART 6 — After the Sirens
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