Caine, shook up, which almost dragged a smile out of me, deleted his first. I thought of Chaney and her record. It would have been fun to do this together. There were calls with my father in the record. It was sad to lose them but I knew why he sent me here. I knew why he was proud of me. I hit delete.

Graduation was bittersweet without my father. Caine's family came and cheered me as their own. They would have rooms inside the house along with Caine and his sisters whom I met for the ...