Maya

Another day had passed. Last night, Jackson insisted on sleeping with Leo and Max which I let him do—apparently, they were now his "second-best friends," right after Nate. I couldn’t help but feel a small surge of relief when he added that detail ‘second-bestfriends’ as though his innocent words reassured me that Nate still held a sacred place in his heart.

I wasn’t sure why that comforted me so much. Maybe because deep down, I needed to believe that no one, not ...