I’d come back, tell you everything, and we’d build a life he couldn’t touch.”
“And Nora was born almost two weeks ago,” I said. “So why are you still here?”
“The transfer cleared three days ago. I was packing to leave when Dad told me Nora was still in the NICU. I didn’t even know which hospital you were in.”
I could barely believe what I was hearing.
“So you disappeared and decided I’d understand later.”
His eyes dropped to Nora.
“I told myself losing those months with you was
