eyes moved to me.
“I didn’t realize this was a family conference.”
“It isn’t,” I said. “It’s a conversation.”
Rowan pulled out a chair.
Selina stayed standing.
“May I see Leo first?”
The request surprised me because her voice softened around his name.
Rowan looked at me.
Leo was awake in the bassinet, calmly staring at nothing.
I nodded.
Selina approached.
She didn’t reach for him.
She simply looked down.
“Oh,” she whispered.
Leo waved one hand.
Selina smiled.
A real smile.
“Hello, darling.”
Something inside me loosened despite everything.
