The Trampled Son's Awakening

chapter 25

As the night grew darker, the streetlights on the quiet campus flickered, creating long shadows. Liam observed the tree limbs swaying gently in the breeze from the edge of the campus park. He couldn't stop thinking about all that had transpired - Harlow's meeting in secret, the briefcase, and the startling discovery of a deeper conspiracy than expected. However, beneath the outer disorder, a deeper force was awakening inside him, something intimate.

It had always existed—hidden beneath layers of insecurity, obscured by the self-assurance of his friends. He was known as the "silent one," the “well-behaved child,” the one who observed while others engaged in activities. However, that had been altered. In recent weeks, he found himself in the midst of a conflict that was causing him to awaken to a part of himself that he had never recognized.

"Hello," a voice interrupted his train of thought.

Lindy approached him, her arrival bringing a sense of comfort in contrast to the unsettling o