10 Years Later
The villa was nothing like the old estate.
It was bigger — sure — sleeker, with glass walls and marble floors and an infinity pool that overlooked the ocean. But what made it truly different was the energy inside.
It didn’t feel like a house built from wealth.
It felt like a home built from resilience.
Ariel Cole — Now Dr. Ariel Cole. She stood in the kitchen, barefoot in silk loungewear, pouring freshly brewed coffee into a mug that read:
“Brains Over Drama.”
Her name now sat on the walls of the best hospitals in the country: Dr. Ariel Cole, Head of Neurosurgery. She’d done over 300 surgeries, mentored dozens of young doctors — most of them women — and revolutionised paediatric brain trauma procedures.
And yet, she still made pancakes on Saturdays.
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