“I chose the easy way out back then,” Natalie admitted shamefully.

“And I regret it every single day of my life.”

“Brandon claims your father doesn’t want to see Harper,” I brought up.

“That’s just what he keeps saying out loud,” Natalie insisted.

“You don’t believe him?” I asked.

“He’s kept Mom’s diamond ring right beside his bed on the nightstand for nine full years,” Natalie pointed out.

“I truly think he wants to make things right, but something powerful is stopping him.”

“What did Paige ever do that was so terrible to him?” I asked, genuinely wanting to understand the history.