Helen looked over the girl’s shoulder at Natalie.

“Every way I can.”

PART 11

Aunt Helen had not come empty-handed.

She brought a small album of photographs from the years when Ashley’s mother, Leah, was alive.

In one picture Andrew held newborn Ashley with an expression so frightened and awestruck that even Natalie smiled.

“He always thought he wasn’t enough,” Helen said quietly after the child fell asleep.

“Leah used to tell him that being enough wasn’t a salary.