The night I brought my newborn daughter home, my mother was waiting in my driveway beside a moving truck. “Perfect timing,” she smiled. “We’re moving in tonight.”

was screaming.

“No.”

My mother’s smile tightened. “Don’t be dramatic, Claire. You have four bedrooms. Family helps family.”

“Then help me by getting off my property.”

Brittany rolled her eyes. “You just had a baby and suddenly you think you’re royalty.”

Mom pointed upstairs. “Brittany and the boys can take the two rooms on the left. Dale and I will use the guest room. You barely use half this house anyway.”

One of those rooms was Lily’s nursery.

Something inside me went still.

My mother stepped closer, lowering her voice