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Levi
My first instinct was to openly blame Meg for my absence from my little girl’s life. I didn’t want Harper to think it was my choice not to be with her, or that I had in any way neglected her. This had been Meg’s decision, and now she needed to deal with the consequences of her choices.
Knowing that my first job was to reassure my little girl that my absence from her life had nothing to do with her, I cleared my throat and prepared to answer her distraught questions about where I’d been all of this time and why.
When I glanced at Meg, her strong, yet heartbroken nod made me waver. It was obvious that she wanted the truth to come out as much as I did, but she was the one who was facing all of the risk here. After spending time in this room with her, it was clear that Meg loved he
