Chapter 7: What Remains
That night, the ship returned to its rhythm.
Music drifted through hallways. Passengers returned to dinners and laughter.
But for Daniel, everything had changed.
He sat beside Lily as she slept, Rosie tucked under her arm. Her hand still held his, as if letting go wasn’t an option anymore.
He replayed the moment again and again.
The fall.
The jump.
The silence.
How close it had all come to ending.
But it hadn’t.
And that mattered more than anything.