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Chapter 63

“And I like to think our light has changed Addison as well. Made her feel secure. Nurtured. A part of a family. I know I’m just talking here, but that word—family—means so much. More than words. It’s emotion. It’s love.”

Ollie wished for more words, a torrent of them that would persuade and convince. But in the end, he realized he really had little else to tell Stacy.

Stacy didn’t say anything for a long while. She sat quietly, examined her nails, and watched a group of kids hurry by, laughing. Finally, she got up and, holding on to Addison’s sleeping form, she gently slid a sweater under her head. She moved away from her daughter and sat down on Ollie’s other side.