Piper had fallen asleep with one hand on the edge of her blanket.

Quinn lay on her back with her arms raised in surrender.

I whispered, “You two didn’t miss a thing that belonged to you.”

And for the first time, I almost believed it.

PART 24

Two years later, we met at the same port terminal again.

Not because I wanted to relive the worst day of my marriage.

Brandon’s latest assignment was ending, and he had asked whether the girls could meet him there.