The second kiss carried everything neither had been ready to name.

Chapter 11 — The Man My Son Deserves

Months later, Adrian established the Isabel Vale Foundation for Mothers and Infants. It provided temporary housing, medical assistance, childcare, counseling, lactation support, job placement, and emergency grants.

Hannah agreed to serve on its advisory board only after Adrian promised it would not become a monument to his guilt.

“It should be about the women who need help,” she told him. “Not about proving you’re a good man.”

“Am I one?”

“I think you’re learning how to be.”