Naomi's POV

Of course I don't expect peace to arrive with a ribbon. It came quietly-on the breeze, in the pause between headlines, in the space where fear had lived but no longer ruled.

It arrived the morning of the Sanborn relaunch, it was not a rebranding.

Not a PR event, it was a rebirth.

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The courtyard outside The Haven was decorated not with luxury, but with care-chalk art drawn by local kids, flower garlands woven by volunteers, tables filled with hand-painted cards.

This ...