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I sucked in a breath.
“If she’s the love of your life, Dad, why aren’t you together like that?”
“Yeah, Daddy. Why can’t she be our new mommy?”
Talk about breaking your heart…
“Evie is your uncle Jax’s little sister.”
“Really?” Ariel exclaimed. “We love Uncle Jax!”
“We all love Uncle Jax,” Caleb agreed. “Especially Evie. When I met her for the first time, I didn’t know she was Jax’s only family. Back then things were complicated, and to make a really long story short, I didn’t want Jax to know I had fallen in love with his sister.”
“Why?” Ethan questioned while I hung on to every word Caleb was sharing.
“Jax was very protective of her. Evie didn’t grow up with the best parents.”
“Was her mommy like our mommy?”
“Something like that, baby.”
“Oh…” Ethan muttered.
“What about now?” Ariel requested. “Can she be our new mommy because we really love her?”
“There’s a lot I have to make up for.”
“What did you do?”
He didn’t respond to Ethan’s question for what felt like forever.
“I broke her heart.”
“Oh, no, Daddy, why?”
“I ask myself that every day.”
Yeah … me too.
“Did you say you’re sorry?”
“It’s more than an apology, son. I owe her an explanation.”
What does he have to tell me?
“Maybe you should tell her.”
“I’m trying, Ariel.”
“She will forgive you because I think she loves you too.”
I jerked back, not expecting her to say that.
“She looks at you like Jasmine looks at Aladdin.”
I scoffed out a chuckle.
“I’ll keep that in mind, baby girl.”
