ZOE'S POV
The ride to the office was quiet except for the rumble of the engine and the soft clicking of my nails against my phone screen. I scrolled slowly through the photos, Jamie’s face glowed with innocence and joy as he gripped cotton candy pointed at birds and giggled during our boat ride. It was the kind of happiness that made everything else feel irrelevant. I paused on one where I had managed to get a selfie with him both of us laughing in the sun and for a brief moment I could almost pretend we were just a normal mother and son.
But I couldn’t hold that feeling for long. Not after the phone call with Chloe last night.
“She said she can’t let go… because Austin loves her now.” I murmured to myself my voice low but heavy. My fingers trembled slightly as I locked my phone and re
