not hurt.
Then she wrote the line that broke me:
“I need to know if you can love me without owning me.
If yes, ask Liam where I am.
If no, please let me stay gone.”
PART 3
I grabbed my phone to call Liam.
John stopped me.
“Don’t call him like you’re about to put him on trial.”
The words hurt because they sounded exactly like Livia.
So I waited until I could breathe.
Then I called.
Liam answered on the second ring.
“Mom?”
I looked at the torn
