Chapter 9 - Clare and I Took Our Sons Back to the Hospital Where They Were Born, and the Past Finally Stopped HurtingWe visited the maternity ward.
Clare remembered everything.
I didn't.
I hadn't been there.
That fact still hurt.
But the boys ran through the hallway laughing.
They knew nothing about the pain.
They knew only family.
We showed them old photographs.
Their birth.
Their first Christmas.
Their first birthday.
Their first steps.
I looked at every picture.
Clare had documented everything.
I had missed everything.
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But I didn't let myself drown in regret.
I promised to be there for everything that came next.
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Chapter 10 - My Sons Grew Up With My Last Name, but Clare Made Sure They Also Knew Their Mother’sThe boys were taught humility.
Chapter 11 - I Gave Up Sole Control of the Mercer Empire So My Sons Would Never Have to Fight Over ItWhen the boys turned ten, I changed the structure again.
Chapter 12 - Noah Asked Me Why I Remarried His Mother After I Had Hurt Her, and I Finally Told Him the TruthNoah asked:
Chapter 13 - The Three Boys Became Teenagers, and I Finally Saw the Men They Were BecomingTeenage years were chaos.
Chapter 14 - My Sons Graduated Together, and I Realized the Boy Who Called Me “Dad” Had Given Me the One Thing Money Never CouldGraduation day came.
Chapter 15 - My Ex-Wife Once Walked Away With Three Babies and No Promise That I Would Ever Return—Years Later, She Put Her Hand in Mine and Called Me Husband Again | THE ENDThere are moments in life that divide everything into before and after.
