broken.
On the day she was supposed to become Nathan’s wife, Elena made a different promise.
She promised Oliver that he would never have to wonder whether he was loved, whether he belonged, or whether the truth would cost him his family.
And as far as she was concerned, that promise was worth more than any wedding vow.
Because a father might be identified by a photograph or confirmed by a DNA test.
But being a parent was something else entirely.
It was showing up.
Telling the truth.
Accepting responsibility.
And putting a child’s well-being ahead of your own desire to be forgiven.
Nathan had been given six years to learn that lesson.
Now, for the first time, he would have to learn it without expecting Elena to carry him through it.
