Chapter 19 - Ordinary DaysMonths passed.
Ryan's visitation expanded.
Fishing.
Baseball.
Libraries.
Burned cookies.
The parenting app became boring.
Then Ryan requested an overnight.
Emily was terrified.
Noah wanted it.
Ryan agreed to every safety condition.
The first night, Emily checked her phone twenty times.
Then Noah called.
“Dad made tacos.”
“Any fires?”
“No.”
She laughed.
After Noah returned the next morning, Emily realized she had slept.
Not perfectly.
But peacefully.
Ryan had not become her friend.
He had become something else.
May you like
A father learning how to be safe.
That was enough.
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Chapter 20 - The GalaEmily's career flourished.
Chapter 21 - Linda ReturnsLinda moved closer to Charlotte.
Chapter 22 - The Grocery StoreLinda violated the order again.
Chapter 23 - The ApologyA year passed.
Chapter 24 - A Different FamilyBy the time Noah was eleven, the kitchen fight no longer defined Emily.
Chapter 25 - The WeddingMichael proposed in the kitchen.
