ANMELDENI turn to him, a small grin forming despite everything. “You did a good job with this one.”A faint smile touches his lips. “Glad you approve… but I can’t take all the credit.”Before I can ask what he means, footsteps echo down the hallway.“Aunt Sierra!”Nova’s voice fills the space as she runs to
I don’t know what to say to that, because it just feels so impossible.“How? How can you erase her like that?” I ask before I can stop myself. “You loved her unconditionally.”I wasn’t trying to be a dick; I was just trying to understand.“I didn't love her,” he says immediately.I shake my head. “T
I stare at him, trying to process what he just said, but it doesn’t land the way it should.“You moved?” I finally ask, my voice quieter than I expect.He nods once, his eyes briefly flicking toward me before returning to the road.I keep looking at him, waiting for it to sink in but it doesn’t beca
“I was not dying.”He shrugs unapologetically. “You were in danger of bleeding out. I wasn’t going to risk it.”I roll my eyes just as the nurse steps in, gently examining my shoulder and thighs.“Good thing is that your wounds aren’t deep and didn’t hit anything to worry about,” she says after a mo
“Noah…”His name leaves my lips in a shaky whisper, somewhere between disbelief and relief, and before I can even think about it, I throw myself into him.He catches me instantly, his arms wrapping around me tightly, almost desperately, like he’s afraid I might slip through his fingers if he doesn’t
My eyes move around the room one last time, lingering on the crib, the tiny details I had so carefully put together, and I realize that I’ll have to change it. When she comes back, this room won’t work anymore. I’ll prepare something that fits a loved little girl and I will wait however long it take
The table is alive with noise. Nolan’s telling some wild story about his soccer practice, Nova interrupting every other sentence to “correct” him, and my sisters are laughing their asses off.I try to listen, I really do, but my mom’s voice from earlier still pulses in my ears.The words are like a
Hi Loves, so I realized that I made a huge mistake and I'm sorry about that. I miscalculated the ages of the parents. Ava and the rest are supposed to be in their forties and not late fifties. I'm really sorry for that and I've already submitted the corrections to my editor. Hopefully it'll be fixed
“I swear if you hurt her, Noah, I’ll—”I don’t let her finish her threat; the urgency to fix this mess rides me hard. It almost feels like if I don't fix this, then I won't find rest. Chloe will turn in her grave and haunt me. ***The whole ride is a blur, and now here I am standing outside her doo
Noah.I'm drowning. Drowning under the weight of what Sierra just revealed.I see her, see the way she takes slow, unsteady steps backward. I see the fear in her eyes, wide and shimmering. I can almost feel it. Taste it. It thickens the air between us, pressing in on my chest and clawing at my lungs







