The baby shifted slightly in his arms.
And Elias held him closer.
Carefully.
Like he was trying to make up for eight months in a single moment.
“Tell me what to do,” he said. “I’ll fix it. I’ll do anything.”
Ava looked at him for a long time.
Then shook her head.
“You don’t fix this with money,” she said.
Another pause.
Deeper.
More final.
“You fix it with time.”
And for the first time in his life—
Elias Thorne realized something terrifying.
This was one thing he couldn’t control.
He would have to earn it.
