Chapter 74: The Weight of the Day
Detective Philip arrived at the Joe's residence just before 9:00 PM. The streets were quiet, the only sound was the occasional rustling of leaves blown around by the aftermath of the earlier storm. The sky was still dark, but the wind had calmed. Most of the neighbours’ homes were already dark, thei...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The Outcast
2. Chapter 2: Happiness
3. Chapter 3: The Play
4. Chapter 4: Love Garden
5. Chapter 5: Miscommunication 
6. Chapter 6: The Get-Together
7. Chapter 7: True Love
8. Chapter 8: Emotion Rush
9. Chapter 9: Friendship
10. Chapter 10: Reunion
11. Chapter 11: Family
12. Chapter 12: A Day In Between
13. Chapter 13: A Moment Of Peace
14. Chapter 14: A Date To Remember
15. Chapter 15: Homeward Bound
16. Chapter 16: Echoes Of The Past
17. Chapter 17: A Mother's Love
18. Chapter 18: A Change In Routine
19. Chapter 19: Fragments Of Lydia
20. Chapter 20: Fears And Doubts
21. Chapter 21: Under The Surface
22. Chapter 22: The Weight Of Worry
23. Chapter 23: The Road Ahead
24. Chapter 24: A Morning In Motion
25. Chapter 25: Healing and New Beginnings
26. Chapter 26: The Unexpected Reunion
27. Why Did You Disappear?
28. Chapter 28: I Honestly Don’t Know
29. Chapter 29: When Fear Comes Home
30. A New Day, A New Question
31. Chapter 31: Unanswered Calls
32. Chapter 32: Pieces That Don’t Fit
33. Chapter 33: A Crime That Makes No Sense
34. Chapter 34: A Night To Stay
35. Chapter 35: Still in the Dark
36. Chapter 36: Zoom! Zoom!
37. Chapter 37: The First Visit
38. Chapter 38: A Mother’s Call, A Daughter’s Choice
39. Chapter 39: Everyone’s Laughing, Except Me
40. Chapter 40: The Phone Store
41. Chapter 41: A Mother’s Visit
42. Chapter 42: Quiet Acts of Love
43. Chapter 43 – Just Between Us
44. Chapter 44 – Shadows and Signals
45. Chapter 45 – Morning Rhythms
46. Chapter 46 – A New Morning
47. Chapter 47 – The Unexpected Visit
48. Chapter 48: Threads That Tangle
49. Chapter 49: Too Many Coincidences
50. Chapter 50: The Truth That Broke Her
51. Chapter 51: When Words Fail
52. Chapter 52: Shattered Stillness
53. Chapter 53: What Comes After the Silence
54. Chapter 54: Still, She Breathes
55. Chapter 55: Small Steps
56. Chapter 56: The First Flicker
57. Chapter 57: Waiting for the Right Time
58. Chapter 58: When the Phone Rings
59. Chapter 59: Under Pressure
60. Chapter 60: Holding On Through the Night
61. Chapter 61: The Calm Before Tomorrow
62. Chapter 62: The Waiting Hours
63. Chapter 63: The Circle Tightens
64. Chapter 64: Preparing for Tomorrow
65. Chapter 65: The Call for Clarity
66. Chapter 66: Shadows Next Door
67. Chapter 67: Plans for Tomorrow
68. Chapter 68: Not So Ordinary
69. Chapter 69: Uneasy Truths
70. Chapter 70: Trip To The Station
71. Chapter 71: The Waiting Room
72. Chapter 72: Dennis Surgery
73. Chapter 73: The Quiet Weight of the Night
74. Chapter 74: The Weight of the Day
75. Chapter 75: A Letter and a Realisation
76. Chapter 76: Holding On Through the Wait
77. Chapter 77: The Wait and the Visit
78. Chapter 78: The Distance Between Us
79. Chapter 79: Safe Hands and Soft Landings
80. Chapter 80: A Flicker in the Night
81. Chapter 81: A Stir in the Quiet
82. Chapter 82: A Shift in the Weekend
83. Chapter 83: Awakenings and Unravelings
84. Chapter 84: Lydia’s Abduction
85. Chapter 85: The Distance Between Us
86. Chapter 86: What Love Looks Like?
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