"TWELVE ROSES" | Chapter 11: December 22 | Enough

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Chapter 11: December 22 | Enough

The morning was still, a fragile quiet pressing against Anna’s chest as if the world itself was holding its breath. She had hardly slept, the words "You are forgiven" echoing through the night, breaking through the long-hardened walls of her heart. Forgiveness felt like a word too vast for her to hold. How could something so profound belong to her?

She lay back against the headboard, her hand moving instinctively to her womb—a movement she barely noticed anymore, as if she were tethering herself to the life within. It was small, unseen, yet undeniably present, pressing against her doubt with the quiet persistence of its being. That thought alone moved her deeply: something so real, so alive, and utterly indifferent to her fears.

The roses had taught her to look for meaning in the ordinary. The words she found each morning were no longer just words; they had begun to bloom into truths she couldn’t ignore. Forgiveness. Worth. Love. They boldly spoke across the chasm of her disbelief, daring her to let them in. And yet, she knew the gap between hearing them and truly believing remained wide.