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?”

can have

lit up with pure

He’d already begun healing, accepting

that led to

and I shared a knowing

Lucy frowned. “What if he

couldn’t help but laugh. “You’ve been watching too many

what if?” she pressed.

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

up unable to distinguish right from wrong, I won’t hesitate to protect myself. Life has taught me to be ready

become a young man of principle and purpose, I’ll

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