CHAPTER TWENTY
Bren sat in the passenger seat waiting for Stephanie to come out of the corner store. He watched as a young woman pulled up with a baby seat in the back. He could see the little arms and legs moving and couldn't stop from smiling then feel sadness as he remembered Aaron at that age.
Stephanie had left town soon after graduation to go visit family. She returned eight months later with Aaron, and explained how the father had ditched her the second he found out she was pregnant. Bren, Rylee, and Jude had stepped up to help as best they could, but they were all in college at the time, so it wasn't easy. She refused to go and stay with Jude's mom, saying that she was the parent and would raise her baby like her dad did her before he died.
Aaron had been a good baby. He was lar
