Andrea seemed to understand.

“You are allowed to care about someone and still keep them away from your child.”

I had never heard it phrased that way.

When I told Jenna, she said, “I know you still love your mother.”

“I don’t know what to do with that feeling.”

“You don’t have to do anything with it today.”

PART 23

In January I received an unexpected letter from Brooke.