Chapter 14 - On Ava’s Fifth Birthday, Adrian Gave Her a Gift That Had Once Belonged to His Mother—and I Realized the Moretti Family Could Finally Be Something DifferentAva's fifth birthday was quiet.

Cake.
Friends.
Family.
No politicians.
No criminals.
No secrets.
Adrian gave her a small silver locket.
“It belonged to my mother.”
Ava opened it.
There was a photograph.
Me.
Adrian.
Ava.
She smiled.
“That's us.”
“Yes.”
She hugged him.
Then me.
For the first time, I looked at the photograph and didn't see a broken marriage.
I saw a family.
Imperfect.
But real.
My mother watched from across the room.
May you like
She smiled.
Everything had finally come full circle.