Cole’s POV

I tell Elena we’re just going for a drive. That is my first lie of the day, and somehow the easiest one I’ve ever told her. She stands in front of the mirror in our bedroom, adjusting her earrings while baby Donna sleeps in her bassinet, and the twins are probably terrorizing Isabella and Peter by now. Elena looks relaxed for the first time in weeks. No dark circles under her eyes, no tension in her shoulders, no constant scanning of the room like she’s waiting for the next ...