Chapter 14 - Ten Years LaterTen years after that terrible phone call, the family gathered for Brave Day.
Lily was seventeen.
She had been accepted to MIT on a full scholarship.
She wanted to combine robotics and child psychology.
She wanted to build technology that could help children who couldn't speak about their pain.
Noah was ten.
Still obsessed with dinosaurs.
The twins were already dreaming about starting a robotics company.
Jax was still Jax.
And little Mia was two.
She had Emma's curls.
Daniel's eyes.
And the ability to make everyone in the room smile.
Daniel stood in the backyard and watched them.
He barely recognized the man he had been ten years earlier.
That man had believed survival was victory.
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Now he understood.
Survival was only the beginning.
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Chapter 15 - The Ghost From the PastClaire was still in prison.
Chapter 16 - Lily's ChoiceLily eventually told Daniel she wanted to speak publicly about child neglect.
Chapter 17 - The LetterOn Lily's eighteenth birthday, Daniel gave her a small wooden box.
Chapter 18 - The Real VictoryThat summer, the whole family traveled together.
Chapter 19 - Ten Years After the CallThe anniversary arrived again.
Chapter 20 - The Next Ten YearsThe sun began sinking behind the trees.
