30 Levi My blood pumped loudly in my ears as I worked to process Dani’s shocking revelation. My heart refused to accept that Meg had kept this big of a secret from me for all of this time, but my mind was screaming at me that Dani had no reason to lie about it. Queasiness churned in my gut, and I stepped back away from Meg to turn and peer at Dani. I needed to see the woman’s expression to gauge her sincerity. Some ever-hopeful sliver of me wanted to believe that this was a misguided, cruel joke. I would much rather believe that Dani had a moment of poor judgment, rather than being forced to accept that the love of my life had purposely kept my child from me for all of these years. Meg kept her head down staring at Harper. I knew she had to have heard Dani, but she was showing no signs

