29. Ask for Favor

Cedric had been trying to gain complete control of himself after that incident. He even tried to forget it completely, but as people often said, the more you try to forget something, the more it would linger in your memories. And that was true. The young teenager hoped to turn over a new leaf but his mind wouldn’t let him to do so. This day was also the same with the previous ones, where Cedric was being tortured by the carnage in his heart.

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Being caught in the middle of his internal conflict, Cedric rose up and decided to have a stroll around the mansion. But perhaps due to his muscle memory, he unconsciously brought himself to the place where it mattered the most to him, the garden. He stood at a crossroads, his footsteps faltering as he found himself drawn to the tranquil garden. His mind was a tumultuous sea, churned by conflicting emotions that threatened to drown his sense of reason.

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The complexity of their family dynamics added another layer of turmoil to Cedric's already t