Chapter 9 - LEAH’S FINAL LETTERLeah left a letter for Gideon.
Not romantic.
That mattered.
She wrote:
I don’t know what kind of man you are now.
Honest.
I only know the man I loved eight years ago would have wanted the truth.
Gideon cried.
Then:
If you are angry with me, be angry after Sage is safe.
Good.
I believed your father. That was my mistake. I should have tried harder to reach you directly. Fear became habit.
She owned her part without pretending power was equal.
Then:
Do not turn Sage into repayment for lost time. She does not owe you instant love because you missed seven years.
That sentence mattered most.
Gideon folded the letter.
Then read it again.
He wanted to give Sage everything.
Bedroom.
School.
Travel.
Money.
Name.
Leah reminded him:
None of that could buy seven years backward.
May you like
He had to build forward.
Slowly.
