Chapter 18 - What Family Really MeansOne afternoon, David watched Maya crawling across the living-room floor.
She stopped beside him and reached for his hand.
He lifted her into his arms.
Leah watched from the doorway.
"You know what I learned?" David asked.
Leah smiled.
"What?"
"Family isn't automatically created by blood."
He looked at Maya.
"Family is something you protect. Something you build. Something you choose."
Leah walked over and wrapped her arms around both of them.
Their old life had been destroyed.
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But something stronger had grown from the ruins.
They had built a home where fear no longer made the rules.
