Sade’s POV
I wake up with a heavy weight pressing against me—fatigue clinging to my bones like a second skin. No matter how much I sleep, I still feel drained. My body is sluggish, my mind hazy, but today isn’t a day I can miss.
The twins are starting kindergarten, their first real day of school. It doesn’t matter that I don't have the day off. It doesn’t matter that I feel like I’m running on empty. I need to be there.
Adamo insisted on coming with me. “I just want to make sure you’re good,” he’d said when I protested. And honestly? I appreciate it. Because as much as I want to be strong, something isn’t right.
When we pull up to the school, I spot Marco standing with the kids. Kamari and Marco Jr. are by his side, and the twins, Trinity and Justin, are gripping their little backpack
