Max's POV

I stayed by the lake for about an hour, thinking about what Lilly had told me. I was confused because I knew I had never had any conversation with her about Cloe.

Lilly believed that we did because she has never been a good liar. I could feel her pain as she spoke to me, which hurt my heart. I have never liked seeing her sad.

How could she believe I left her and our children? I would never have done that.

I stood up and walked back to the Packhouse. It was about a forty-five-minute ...