Eliana turned her face away, staying silent.

She thought, 'Hopey is a Nelson, and it's only natural for the Nelson family to want her back. But the idea of me making up with Samuel isn't settling right with me.'

"Eli..." Samuel tried again, watching her intently. "I promise you. This time I won't let you suffer a single second. No tears, no lonely nights, no entanglements with other women. Eli, come back to me. Let's raise Hopey together, the three of us as a proper ...