Eight Years, A Single Word

g at the ceiling. She replayed Etha

he spent most of his childhood at the Davis house. Mrs. Davis ha

been lost. That was when he met Ava. Their love had been a slo

s. Davis had returned. Mrs. Davi

e with them, to care for the woman who had been a second mother to him. S

ling with tears, making Ava' s presence feel like an intrusion. Mrs. Davis would sig

. "You have your own work, Ava. We don' t want to be

g more and more ni

pieces clicked into place. It wa

eport on her bedside table. The words were clinical and bru

he picture

her phone buzzed. I

some kind

him showing the phone to Chloe,

an, it' s all my fault. I' m causing so much trouble between

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to make me feel guilty. I' ll come home later and we can tal

their baby was a bus