Chapter 0502

"Another day, maybe," Luke said, matching my gaze. "We'll find him. I promise."

I nodded as I put the truck into drive. "I hope so," I murmured, veering out onto the road. "And when we do... I'm gonna kill him."

After dropping Luke off, I parked my truck in the driveway, its headlights casting long shadows that danced across the front lawn.

I sat there for a moment, staring at the house that had become my sanctuary. My thoughts lingered on Nina, on the baby, on all the what-ifs that chumed in my mind like the stormy sea. Despite everything Luke had said- truths I knew in my gut were right-I couldn't shake the uneasy feeling that gripped me.

Leaving Nina alone, especially now, felt like an insurmountable task. My hand hovered over the ignition, hesitating to turn it off. If I stepped out, if I walked through that door, I'd be one step closer to leaving her for a dream job that had been, up until this evening, exactly what I'd wanted.

Driven by instinct, I pulled out my phone and dialed Tim's number. The call went through, and I heard the familiar ringtone echo in the confines of the truck.

"Enzo! How's it going?" Tim's voice crackled through the speaker.

you guys?"

wrapping up practice. Hold on, let me put you on FaceTime; the team

video mode. Suddenly, I was looking at a sea of faces-my would-be

it's Enzo!" someone

coming back, man? We

so that everyone was in view. "As you can see, you've

the competition, the sheer joy of watching a team grow and evolve under my supervision-it was a dream I'd had for as long as

something, Enzo?" Tim asked,

mouth to say it, to tell him that my wife was pregnant, that I couldn't take

full of hope, of expectation. I couldn't bring myself to let them down,

just checking in," I finally managed to say. "I wanted

can't wait," Tim said, and the screen filled with a chorus of cheers and

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