Rejected, And Became A Heiress (Cara) novel Chapter 110

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Cara’s POV 

“When do you leave?” My brother Colin asks Landon with furrowed brows. 

“Next week.” Landon replies, keeping his answer as short as possible. 

“So soon?! You won’t be here for Christmas….“I say, realizing the timing aloud. I already know the children will be so disappointed… 

“What?! No Uncle Landon for Christmas?!” My daughter Mia screeches. Her lip is curling turning her face into a grimace. It looks like tears might fall from her eyes at any moment. 

“Shhh shhhh shhhh….” Landon whispers to Mia, picking her up easily into his arms. “I’ll be back before you know it… and this time, I’ll have even better presents!” 

“Yay!! I love presents!” Mia shouts joyfully. 

We all chuckle at that. 

“Will I get presents, too?” Ethan asks tentatively. 

“Of course! How could I forget about my favorite nephew?” Landon says to my son. 

“But Uncle Landon, I’m your only nephew!” Ethan yells and once again warm laughter fills 

the room. 

After dinner, we play games together, children and adults alike laughing and cheering for one another, relishing in the togetherness. 

I feel overjoyed at the sight, and yet…. 

And yet there’s still something like loneliness tugging at me…a pang of a small sorrow, buried deep inside… 

My family is amazing. My children are exceptional. I know all of this. 

But… 

But something is missing… 

Maybe I feel this way because Ruby is leaving. Yes, that must be it! 

After all, for these last six years, she’s been my constant companion. She’s been the person I could turn to, to talk, to process whatever is happening in my life. 

This sense of longing I’m feeling must be coming from the anticipation of losing her! There couldn’t be any other explanation! I have everything else I could possibly need. 

I don’t need anything more than just the people in this room. I keep repeating this thought 

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to myself over and over again, hoping that if I say it enough, it might actually be true. 

I rise and walk to the kitchen to grab myself a glass of water. I stand at the sink, filling the glass, trying to squash that sadness that I feel welling inside my belly when I hear a noise behind me. 

I turn and see that Ruby has followed me into the kitchen. She takes one look at my face then wordlessly pulls me into a warin hug. 

“It’s going to be okay, Sweetheart,” she whispers into my ear. 

I pull her in tighter. “I know, Honey. I know,” I reply. 

And the odd thing is, I realize the words I’m speaking are true. I know that I am going to be okay. 

There may have once been a time in my life when news of Ruby leaving would have rocked me to the core. It would have been beyond devastating. 

But after my accident… after becoming a mother… after starting over with a new life in a new pack 

I can feel my own strength. It’s been growing for the last six years. 

And here I am, stronger than ever. Ready and able to take on whatever challenges life may bring my way. 

Ruby has been a big part of how I became the woman I am today, and I am eternally. grateful to her. But I know that I can be strong without her. 

And she can be strong without me. 

And we both can forge new paths. I know that whatever fate awaits us, we will return each other someday and swap stories of our amazing lives. 

We can both embrace our futures. 

to 

raway to 

away to 

Still, I can’t help but feel guilty. Like my best friend wouldn’t have to travel so far the Illari Medical School if not for me. She’s only going so far so that she can help my daughter. 

“I wish you didn’t have to go… I wish you weren’t forced into going away like this…” I say, my voice trailing off. 

“Forced?” Ruby says to me incredulously. “You think I feel forced into this?” 

“No, not exactly,” I reply. “It’s just… you’ve done so much for me and my family, and now you’re moving again because of us…” 

“Sweetheart, I love you and the kids. You know I do. But please believe me when I say that I am making my own choices here. I’m not being forced into anything,” Ruby tells me 

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seriously. 

“I know, but-“I start to say. 

Ruby abruptly cuts me off, “No, please listen. I am a doctor. I’ve already spent years of my life studying medicine. This is an amazing, once–in–a–lifetime opportunity for me to learn really specialized medicine.” 

“Don’t you see?” she continues. “This is a great honor for me to have been offered the chance to study at the Illari Medical School. Medicine has always been my passion. Now I’ll have the chance to save even more people!”