Sophia asked me to read it aloud.

Ethan listened without speaking.

Olivia wanted to know whether there was a drawing inside.

There wasn’t.

“Do we have to answer?” Noah asked.

“No,” I told him.

“Not today.”

We placed the letter in the document case, not because I wanted to collect evidence against Daniel, but because I didn’t want any child to regret later that a piece of their history had been thrown away in anger.