Chapter 21 Emotional Melt-down

• The room seemed to shrink around Greg and Bethany, the gentle lullaby playing in the background now feeling like an ironic soundtrack to their mounting tension. Greg’s face flushed with a mix of embarrassment and confusion, while Bethany’s eyes blazed with an intensity that matched the sudden chill in the air.
• “What are you doing here?” Bethany’s voice trembled with a controlled fury. “You have no right to just barge in and—”
• Greg’s expression hardened, his defensiveness overcoming his initial guilt. “I just wanted to see my son, Bethany. I didn’t think it would be a crime to check in on him.”