I Begged My Parents to Care for My Newborn After a Truck Accident. At 2 A.M., the Uncle They Dismissed Walked Into My Hospital Room.
Aunt Beatrice looked at Richard.
He sighed.
“Nothing at first.”
Of course she hadn’t.
Whitney had always understood silence as a kind of protection.
As long as nobody challenged the version of life that benefited her, she could pretend she wasn’t involved.
“Then?” I asked.
“Then her fiancé asked whether Noah was safe.”