Chapter 13

Soren held Zoe's hand inside Grimbleton's biggest amusement park and gazed at her with a quiet acceptance. "Soren, look!" Zoe's face brightened with a huge smile as she pointed straight ahead at the pink fox mascot posing for pictures with guests. Soren gave her an affectionate smile and let her pull him toward the mascot for a photo. "Soren, check this out!" Zoe excitedly held up the just-printed Polaroid before him, grinning as she showed it off. Soren tensed up as the memory of someone else blended with Zoe's figure in his mind. Having just signed the financial agreement, he'd had no choice but to go on an amusement park date with Sylvie back then. She'd eagerly dragged him around to take pictures with the park's mascots. She'd happily shown him the Polaroid, but he'd roughly knocked it out of her hand. "I didn't know you could be so childish, Sylvie." Soren had spoken those cold words before walking away. Yet later, he'd found that same photo in a frame. In it, Sylvie was ho