Not in a moment of confusion, not because the news hadn’t reached you.

You knew.

You chose the steakhouse.

And then you asked me to apologize for it.”

Chapter 14 — It Belongs to This Family

My mother pushed past my father, her face arranging itself into a wounded pout.

“Hannah, darling,” she said, “family is supposed to forgive each other, no matter what happens.

We did not realize how bad the accident was, because the local news did not share the details right away!