All that happened last night felt like a dream… or maybe a nightmare. Jared jolted awake, his heart pounding as he noticed the empty space beside him. Georgia wasn't there. His eyes darted around the room, the reality of the morning crashing in. She was gone.
"No," Jared muttered under his breath, his mind racing. How could she leave after everything that had happened? After all the promises, after all the pain he'd fought through to get here, to get them back together? The silence felt suffocating.
His body froze, a sudden noise breaking through the stillness. He could hear something, footsteps, soft whispers. And then a child's laugh.
Jared's heart skipped a beat as he recognized the voices. Georgia. The kids.
Without thinking, he sprang from the bed, his muscles still stif
