Chapter 19

Six months later, Nathan was gone – bled out in that parking lot. Claire was serving life for first–degree murder.

Lucy and I stood outside a private adoption agency, watching through the window as a small ceremony unfolded

inside.

Cooper was meeting his new parents – a kind–faced couple who couldn’t stop smiling.

The little boy looked up at his new father hesitantly. “Daddy, can I have a hug?”

up. “You can have all the hugs you

with

resilient. He’d already begun healing, accepting his new

led

shared a knowing look,

frowned. “What if he comes looking for

“You’ve been watching too many thriller

what if?”

eyes on the road, smiling slightly. “Then I’ll

distinguish right from wrong, I won’t hesitate to protect myself. Life has taught

he’s lucky enough to become a young man of principle and purpose, I’ll

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