Lyssa POV If Mom hadn’t been so persistent, Zeta would have insisted on coming along. I know that with absolute certainty. He would have done it calmly. He would have stood there in the living room, hands in his pockets, voice low and polite, and said, “I’ll drive you both.” And that would have been the end of it. But Mom had shut it down fast. “No boys allowed,” she’d said cheerfully. And I’d seen it, just for a second, the flicker in his eyes. Something not pleased. Now, as Mom’s car moves through traffic, she exhales slowly and adjusts her sunglasses as she speaks. “He’s very attached to you,” she continues lightly. “You should let him show it more.” I turn to her, lost in my words. She smiles. “Public affection. Holding hands. Sitting close. Little touches. It matters in marriage, Lyssa.” My throat tightens instantly. Because I don’t know how to tell her the truth. That the divorce is still happening. That even though Dad destroyed the first set of papers, another one
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