ALLISON.

“Hey,” River said sharply. “Don’t say that.”

I looked down at Amaris, her tiny chest rising and falling peacefully.

“As much as I want to keep things as they are, I don’t think it would be fair for Amaris to grow up without knowing who her biological father is. She deserves to know the truth. What if one day, she asks me the same question Edna did? It wouldn’t be her fault to be curious about her identity. As her mother, it’s my responsibility to give her the ...