The Reef Book 5 Chapter 30

In which Anna Leath, driven by a sudden awareness of her step-son’s secret departure, seeks refuge and clarity in a friend's austere Parisian apartment, wrestling with a tumult of sorrow and duty that clouds her thoughts with a sombre resolve. Alone yet steeled by necessity, she confronts the delicate entanglements of loyalty and loss, striving to preserve the dignity of what once was amidst a present strewn with shadows and unspoken fears.