Harper’s POV
“So, Harper Rivers. Tell me about your family.”
I giggle, taking a sip of my Cherry Coke before responding. “Oh, you know. Very average family. Mom, dad. No siblings.”
“Right. You, average.” He rolls his eyes, laughing good-naturedly, but something seems to stick in his mind, and I think I know what it is: he’s realizing he’s never considered why I don’t have siblings. I know why he doesn’t have siblings, of course; Jack was an accident, and his selfish parents would never want to spend another penny on anyone but themselves if they could help it. Me, though…
“Why don’t you have any siblings?” he asks me, as predicted. “I mean… do you know if it was a conscious choice of theirs?”
I nod. “Fear-based, I think. I don’t really blame them. If the conception of your first ch
