Chapter 14 - Five Years Later, Ava Asked Me Why I Once Hid Her Under My Coat—And My Answer Made Reed CryAva was eight.
Smart.
Funny.
Stubborn.
Beautiful.
She asked me one night:
“Mommy, why did you hide me at the restaurant?”
I looked at Reed.
He smiled.
I told her the truth.
“We were scared.”
“Of what?”
“Losing everything.”
She thought about that.
“Did we?”
“No.”
“Why?”
I looked at Reed.
“Because someone helped us.”
Ava smiled.
“Daddy?”
“Yes.”
She hugged him.
Reed closed his eyes.
May you like
The same man who had once terrified an entire city now cried when his daughter hugged him.
And I realized how completely life could change.
