Janey pulled into Adam’s driveway, Jess still chattering about the triple chocolate chip cookies from last night, and the day on the farm. She loved that Jess had this place where he could go, where he could experience such different things than she could provide for him.
At the same time, the burden of guilt that came with his excitement always stuck with her for days and was hard to shake. And every time she took him out to the lavender farm and let him have any experiences there, it took a little longer and was a little harder to purge herself from that negative emotion.
She simply couldn’t give him the life he was meant to lead. Without Matt, she’d had to work since the time Jess could roll over. She’d taken him up to the National Park as often as she could, and she knew of his love
