He Broke Me, He restored Me.
“I can’t live without you. Without Tom. You are my family—even before I knew the truth. Everything I did for you, for him… I did it out of love. Even when I didn’t know he was my son.”
Sarah’s heart clenched painfully.
“You broke me once,” she said, tears spilling. “You took something from me that I can never get back.”
James nodded, tears streaming down his face.
“I know. And that knowledge is killing me. I hate myself for that night. I was lost. Drunk. Broken. But that doesn’t excuse it. Nothing ever will.”
He sank to his knees right there on the balcony.
“I am begging you, Sarah. I am ready to spend the rest of my life restoring what I destroyed. I will be patient. I will wait. I will end