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Chapter 16

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ZURI'S POINT OF VIEW

“Baby? Can we talk?”

I found Summer face-down on our bed, nose buried in The Last Olympian. She set the book aside and sat up, pulling her knees to her chest as I settled beside her.

“About what, Mommy?”

“About your father.”

Her shoulders tensed. I shifted to face her, crossing my legs on the mattress, and she mirrored my posture—small, serious, trying to be brave.

I couldn’t let th
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