CHAPTER 232 ARIA Sleep hated me. That was the only explanation. The house was quiet this late in the evening. Evelyn had gone to bed an hour ago. Reed and Michelle were holed up together, probably whispering stupid married people things in the dark. The twins had long since passed out, Lark holding the blanket, while Nylah spread out on her back with her hair fanned out across the pillow. Everyone was sleeping except me. Well also Caspian because he was still in the office. I laid there, staring at the ceiling, my mind refusing to let me breathe. "Mommy, you never told us who our father was." The way Lark had said it was soft, and curious, as though he just wanted to know. And they had every right to know, but I'd looked them in the eye and promised them answers before bedtime, then bedtime came, and I'd chickened out. My stomach twisted with guilt like a brick sitting squarely on my chest. It was heavy enough to make me get up, walk barefoot down the hall, and stop
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