EIGHT YEARS LATER

BEN POV

It’s been years since I lost him, and even all this time, his death still lingers. Somehow, I feel guilty, like it’s my fault that he’s not even here.

I feel like I robbed Alessia Marie of a father she could have had if I had never tampered with fate that night.

But Nolan was always here for me.

He came up with a solution, which was giving Alessia Marie a sense of having a family, even if it wasn’t perfect.

“Benedykta?” Nolan called, ...