Chapter 10 - Leo Asked Me If I Was Still His Uncle—And My Answer Changed the Rest of Our LivesAfter everything, the children stayed with me.
Temporary guardianship became permanent.
One evening, Leo asked,
“Are we going back to Rebecca?”
“No.”
“Ever?”
“No.”
He looked relieved.
Then he asked,
“Can we stay here?”
I swallowed.
“Yes.”
Maya climbed onto my lap.
“Forever?”
I smiled.
“If you want.”
Leo looked at me.
“But Daddy said you weren't supposed to be like those men anymore.”
I nodded.
“He was right.”
“What will you be?”
May you like
I looked at them.
“The man who protects you.”
Related Stories
Chapter 11 - Rebecca Returned to Court to Testify—And Her Confession Finally Cleared My Brother's NameRebecca testified.
Chapter 12 - I Sold the Empire My Father Built and Used the Money to Give Leo and Maya the Childhood Ethan Wanted for ThemI sold everything.
Chapter 13 - Three Months Later, Leo Took My Hand at Ethan's Memorial and Said Something That Finally Let Me GrieveWe held a private memorial.
Chapter 14 - On Leo's Seventh Birthday, He Gave Me a Drawing That Proved Ethan Had Finally Been Right About MeLeo turned seven.
Chapter 15 - My Brother Asked Me to Keep His Children Out of My World—So I Destroyed That World and Built Them a Better OneThree years ago, my brother died.
