LOGINMy 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
After a while, I push myself up from the couch, restless and unsettled. Sitting there isn’t helping. If anything, it’s only making the thoughts louder. Making it harder to ignore them. I need to move, so I push myself up from the couch and start heading toward my room, but I don’t make it far befo
Lilly keeps glancing at me from the corner of her eye, like she’s trying to figure out if I’m okay without actually asking. Eventually, she gives in. “You good?” she asks, her voice softer than usual. I let out a slow breath, staring out the window as the city passes by in a blur. “It’s a lot
I don’t need Aunt Harper to tell me who the baby is. I already know. “He looks just like me,” I say without thinking. Lilly leans in. “Fuck, you two are practically twins.” “Language, Lilly,” Aunt Harper smiles softly. “But you’re right, and if I’d just opened this years back, we would have kno
“Obviously,” I reply, trying and failing not to smile. “I’m the wise one, period.” She rolls her eyes and continues driving. I glance back at her. “Do you have any idea what Aunt Harper wants to talk about?” “Nope,” she says easily. “But I have pretty good idea.” “Mind sharing?” “Can’t do,”
Just as I’m about to leave, my phone buzzes in my hand. I glance down, expecting it to be Aunt Harper, but instead, Lilly’s name flashes across the screen, followed by a text message. [I’m outside.] I frown slightly, surprised because I wasn’t expecting her to come all the way here. I thought we
—Chloe.”“Dear Sierra,I was surprised when you finally called, even though you went back to ignoring my calls and texts. Thank you for the congratulations. I named the twins Nova and Nolan. I know you once dreamed of giving those names to your children with Noah, but since that will never happen, I
Sierra.I woke up today feeling drained as fuck. I normally wouldn’t mind some alone time, but today the silence feels too heavy. It presses on me like a weight I can’t shake no matter what I do.I should be resting; I should be grateful for a few days away from work, but all it does is leave me alo
Panic coils tightly inside me, squeezing until I almost forget how to breathe. I drag in a shaky breath through my nose, trying to shove down the anxiety clawing its way up my throat.Dinner. On the surface, it sounds innocent enough, but I know Aunt Ava. Nothing she does is without purpose. Yes, ma
What the fuck!I stare at the headline, reading it over and over, as if the words will somehow rearrange themselves if I just blink hard enough. They don’t. The words don’t fade; they remain on the screen, glaring at me.BILLIONAIRE HEIR, NOAH WOODS, SPOTTED OUTSIDE BIO-RENEW IN ALTERCATION WITH SIE







