didn’t come here to take anything from you.”
Riley stepped closer, visibly restraining himself from immediately throwing his arms around him.
“You’re not taking anything.”
Rowan’s jaw trembled.
“I spent my whole life thinking I was the one nobody could keep.”
“No,” I said. “That was never true.”
Mom began crying.
“You were falling apart, Dawn. Two babies at home, bills, machines, no sleep. I arranged the funeral because you couldn’t look at the tiny coffin.”
My stomach turned.
“You told me not to,” I said.
“I wanted you to
