Chapter 84

• He turned and walked toward the door, his footsteps heavy but resolute.
• Lucy watched him leave, her heart hammering in her chest. She wanted to call out to him, to say something, anything, but the words were stuck in her throat. She could only watch as the door clicked shut behind him, the sound echoing through the quiet room.
• As the silence returned, Lucy stood frozen in place, her mind whirling with everything that had just happened. Jason knew the truth now. And more than that, he wasn’t going to let her keep Dylan from him. She had fought so hard to protect her son, but now she wondered if she had been protecting herself all along.