James

To the outside world, they wouldn’t notice the difference in Amara since she got back. But I could. She smiled less, ate less, acted like the world around her did not exist. And I hated it because she shut me out too.

I couldn’t help her if she wasn’t willing to let me do that, or at least let me in so I could share in her troubles. I’d set up the office in the house so I could stay with her at all times. I filled Cayden in on what was happening, so he could take on other ...