Pain does not deserve credit for every good thing survivors later build.

Amelia was good because Amelia was herself.

Her existence did not justify how the adults created the circumstances around her.

PART 69 — WHAT I WOULD CHANGE

If I could return to that airport morning, would I still buy the tickets?

Strangely?

Yes.

Not because I am glad Leo heard the announcement.

I wish desperately he hadn’t.

But I cannot rebuild history around a fantasy where Brandon continued lying for another six months.