Chapter 14 - The Night Before My Wedding, Nathaniel Gave Me the Photograph That Started Everything—And Told Me One Final SecretNathaniel handed me the old photograph.
The one Mia had shown Adrian.
“You should keep it.”
I stared at it.
“You kept this all these years?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because it reminded me of who I was before I lost everything.”
I smiled sadly.
“What was the secret?”
He looked at me.
“The photograph was taken the day I decided to disappear.”
I froze.
“You knew?”
“Yes.”
“You knew someone would come for us?”
“I suspected.”
“Why didn't you tell me?”
“Because you would have followed me.”
I nodded.
He was right.
Then he smiled.
“I don't regret disappearing.”
I looked at him.
“Even now?”
“Because Mia lived.”
He hugged me.
“Now she gets something better.”
“What?”
“A father who is alive.”
May you like
I smiled.
“And a mother who is happy.”
