I HEARD HIM SAY " DADDY"
Heat rushed through my chest, mixing with the dull exhaustion that had followed me for weeks, and for a moment all I could hear was the sound of my own breathing—unsteady, uneven, dangerously close to breaking.
For a second, there was only silence on the other end of the line.
I thought he had finally understood.
I thought it was over.
I thought this was the last time his voice would ever find its way into my life again.
Then a different voice broke through—urgent, unfamiliar, and completely out of place.
“Is this Sophia Blackwood?”
My brows pulled together instantly. Confusion replaced the heat of my anger, though uneasiness crept in just as quickly, spreading through my chest like cold wat