I Was 29 and Single When I Fought to Keep Five Siblings Together. The Judge Asked Why, and My Answer Changed Everything.

I still wanted to find him.

But the loss was no longer the only thing I carried.

Before I closed his door, Lucas spoke once more.

‘Mason?’

‘Yeah, buddy?’

‘Thanks for remembering all five of us.’

I looked down the hallway at the doors, the night-lights, the little pairs of shoes lined up badly along the wall.

‘Always,’ I said.