The conversation Cammy had with her mother the night before was nothing like what she had imagined. She had prayed for calm, for closure, for a soft unraveling of the tangled questions in her heart. But instead, her world tilted—violently.
She never expected Monica to look her in the eyes with trembling desperation and beg to return to the man whom her mother abandoned—her biological father.
Sleep had evaded her. Her thoughts churned endlessly, too loud to ignore. So she left early, heading to Arlon Medical Center a full hour before the DNA test results would be ready—anything to escape the echo of her mother's voice, pleading with a ghost from the past.
She remembered Ric had mentioned he'd be attending the Children's Month event at the center. Somehow, her feet moved toward the promise of his presence without much thought. And he was there, exactly where he said he would be—impossible to miss. The moment she walked in, her eyes found him.
