Lawrence.
My brothers had finally agreed.
After everything, the arguments, the tension, the threats, we had come to a decision. A condition had been set, something we all silently accepted, and in return…we let her keep the baby.
It wasn't an easy choice, not for any of us but there was one thing we all feared more than anything else.
Losing her again.
Six years had already been stolen from us…six years of searching, of wondering, of regret. None of us were willing to go through that a second time.
And me?
I knew my place.
Theresa had always loved Leonard. That much had never been a secret, even before she disappeared. I had seen it in the way she looked at him, the way she gravitated toward him without even realizing it.
So the last thing I wanted…was to push her further away.
Leonard had stepped out of the room moments ago, leaving just the two of us behind. The silence that followed felt heavier than it should have been.
