Louise Jenkin had no idea how to behave the instant the girl walked through her office door.
Her chest constricted...She felt the urge to stand up, close the gap between them, and wrap her in an embrace.
She longed to hold her the way she had ached to hold her own son years earlier when everything collapsed. She burned with countless questions—questions that had been gnawing at her since she uncovered the truth.
How had she been coping with raising her grandson alone?
What made her vanish from Meridian without warning?
What drove her to abandon Irvin?
And the question that crushed her most of all...
why was she keeping Irvin's son a secret from him?
These questions pressed down on Louise's chest like stones, threatening to crack her ribs. She craved answers. She needed the truth.
She had to understand what transpired during those silent years after Davina vanished.
But she couldn't simply demand answers. She couldn't reveal her feelings.
