Chapter 23 Your Woman Is With Me

After wandering for a while, Bella found herself back in the small town where she had lived with Dorothy before she was five. This place was far from the bustling city, and it still had the same clear blue skies and fresh air as she remembered. It felt like nothing had changed. After Dorothy passed away, her body was buried here, fulfilling her final wish. This was their birthplace, the place where both she and Dorothy were born, and also where Dorothy's suffering began. Returning to this starting point meant that she might never see Dominic again. It also meant that she would have to treat the past two decades as a long-forgotten dream. But fully waking up from that dream? That was easier said than done. Fortunately, the house she and Dorothy had rented was still standing. The house came with a courtyard, and it had been renovated over the years. But the ownership had changed, and someone else was living there now. The house was quite large, enough to be rented out in parts. She