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As they stepped further away from the ancestral home, the weight of the situation began to crash down on Victoria. Her once-confident posture faltered, and tears welled up in her eyes. She had been holding it together for so long, but now, the enormity of what she had done overwhelmed her. She stopped in her tracks, pulling her hand free from Alex's gentle grip and covering her face with trembling hands. “I… I can’t believe this,” she whispered. "What have I done? I just turned my back on my family. My father… they’ll hate me forever. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe I shouldn’t have…” She broke into sobs, her emotions pouring out as she collapsed onto a nearby bench. The cool evening breeze did little to calm her storming thoughts, and she buried her face in her hands. Alex knelt down in fron