Chapter 10: Family Mission

“I’m sorry,” Leo whispered. “I didn’t know it would be like this.”

I pulled back and held his face between my hands.

“Don’t apologize for telling me the truth. I need you to hear me. I am not mad at you.”

His eyes were wet too.

“So he didn’t leave?”

I pressed my hand over my mouth and shook my head.

“No, baby. I think he was kept from us.”

The kitchen fell completely silent.

Then Leo said, “Gwen wants to meet us. She says she still has the box.”

That was all it took.

By six that evening, Leo and I were in my car driving two counties over, with my parents following behind us in Dad’s truck like this had become a family mission.

Leo kept rereading Gwen’s messages.

I kept both hands locked on the steering wheel because I was afraid that if I let go, I would fall apart. Continue Reading ⬇️