Chapter2

It was Ashley’s birthday and she arrived in LA at 11 PM. Her phone buzzed with messages of blessing–some even from her colleagues. However, she got nothing from her husband. The smile faded from her lips.

It was almost dawn when she arrived at the villa. Maria, the housekeeper, gasped.“Mrs. Sterling, you… you’re back?”

“Where are Chase and Sam?”

Mr. Sterling hasn’t come home yet. Sam’s in his room.”

sitting at his desk, doing something

“Sammy?”

his own thing. Ashley scooped him into a hug, but he pushed her away gently.“Mommy, I’m busy.” Three months apart felt like a lifetime. Ashley missed her son, wanting to embrace him with kisses, to talk, to reconnect. But he was

making a seashell necklace?”

five days! Daddy

his back to her, “Daddy got Aunt Tanya other presents too.

11

crushing weight settled on Ashley’s chest. She couldn’t hold back the

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