Home CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINE: HOMEGRANT POV

The drive took four hours. Four hours of Phoenix crying for Sam, of Asher's silent, accusatory stares. Four hours of Nova looking like she might shatter at any moment.

I'd imagined this moment for six years. Finding them. Bringing them home. Finally having my family.

I hadn't imagined it would feel like a kidnapping.

"We're almost there," I said, trying to sound reassuring. Neither boy responded. Phoenix had finally cried himself to sleep ...