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After the sun dipped behind the manicured hedges of Chancellor Park, the city of Genoa City seemed to hold its breath. In the hush of early evening, Nate made his way across the crisp, dew-kissed grass, his mind heavy with the burden of truth.

Every step toward Amy felt like a silent march toward an irrevocable rift, one he could neither delay nor soften, not for her, not for himself. Nate had replayed the conversation in his mind, searching for the right words, the kindest sequence, the gentlest possible devastation, and found only silence waiting at the end of each attempt.

There are no right words for a loss that big, no gentle way to tear a mother’s world apart. Amy sat on a weathered wooden bench, hands gripping a steaming cup of coffee she would never drink.

She looked up when she saw Nate approach, her eyes hopeful, a smile wavering on her lips, as if searching his face for the answer to a question she’d been too afraid to ask.

Since her treatment began working, Amy had allowed herself to dream again: dinners with Damian, a future they could finally share without fear of illness or separation, the small rituals of daily life she’d missed so painfully for so long.

The distance between them had always been measured in longing, not miles, and now that longing would have to carry the weight of something else—an absence so profound it could not be measured.

Nate slowed as he neared her, swallowing the lump in his throat, feeling the ache of old wounds reopening. He sat beside Amy, silent for a long moment, the kind that says more than words ever could.

She turned to him, brow furrowing, sensing immediately that something was wrong. “Nate?” she whispered, searching his eyes, “What is it?

What’s happened?” He reached for her hand, steadying himself, and in that moment, the world seemed to hold its breath with them. There is no way to prepare a mother for the death of her child, no way to ease into it. So Nate, with tears already threatening to spill, simply told her, “Amy… Damian is gone.”

The words hung in the air, heavier than the fading light, and for a heartbeat Amy could not process them. Her mind pushed back, refusing the reality, searching for a loophole, a misunderstanding.

But Nate’s eyes held only truth. “No… no, that can’t—he promised, he said—” her voice cracked, trembling between disbelief and dawning terror.

Nate squeezed her hand, his own tears falling now, as he explained what little he knew, how Lily had called him that afternoon, her voice a hollow echo of sorrow, telling him the story of Damian’s final moments, how a mission gone wrong had left him broken and alone, far from those who loved him most.

Amy’s body folded in on itself, as if she could somehow shield her heart from the jagged pain. The sobs that tore from her chest were raw, animal, the grief of a mother denied a last embrace, denied even the chance to say goodbye.

She clung to Nate, the man who had brought her both hope and now unbearable loss, and wept as if she would never stop.

All her dreams, all her prayers, the second chance she’d fought so hard for, vanished in an instant, swept away by the cruelty of fate and the finality of death.

She pleaded for details—how, when, why—but none of Nate’s answers could touch the heart of the question that would haunt her forever: Why my son?

In the days that followed, Amy’s grief became a living thing, a shadow that followed her through every room, every conversation, every waking moment.

She avoided mirrors, unable to look herself in the eye, and found herself returning again and again to the memories she shared with Damian—the way he laughed as a boy, the quiet pride in his voice when he spoke about his work, the way he always seemed to find the light in the darkest situations.

Now that light was gone, and the world felt dimmer for it. Nate did all he could, visiting daily, bringing food she wouldn’t eat, sitting quietly while she cried, speaking softly when she let him. He knew there were no words, that the only comfort was the simple fact of not being alone, but even his presence felt like a cruel reminder: he was still here, while Damian was not. Guilt gnawed at Nate, too.

He’d always felt a certain responsibility toward Damian, a sense of brotherhood and protection, and now that responsibility twisted into regret.